Fu Chi Fong

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Fu Chi Fong (Fu Qifang)
Personal information
NationalityFile:Flag of Hong Kong 1876.svg Hong Kong File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Born1923
Died16 April 1968(1968-04-16) (aged 44–45)
Sport
SportTable tennis
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing File:Flag of Hong Kong 1876.svg Hong Kong
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Bombay Team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Singapore Singles
Gold medal – first place 1952 Singapore Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1952 Singapore Team
Representing File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1957 Stockholm Team

Fu Chi Fong (also Fu Qifang; 傅其芳; 1923 – 16 April 1968) was a Chinese international table tennis player.[1][2]

Table tennis career

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He won a bronze medal at the 1952 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) when representing Hong Kong. Five years later he won another bronze at the 1957 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Hu Ping-chuan, Chiang Yung-Ning, Wang Chuanyao and Zhuang Jiafu for China.[3][4]

Personal life

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He was born in Yin County, Zhejiang, and lived in Hong Kong for some time before returning to mainland China. During the Cultural Revolution he, along with fellow table tennis players Jiang Yongning and Yong Guotang, was accused of being a spy simply for the fact that he was originally from Hong Kong.[5] Due to the public humiliation and physical torture inflicted upon him, he was driven to suicide by hanging in Beijing in 1968.[6] Chiang Yung-Ning and Yong Guaotang were also forced into suicide by the same public harassment and torture.[7] He was politically rehabilitated in 1978.[8]

See also

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References

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  5. ^ Fan Hong and Lu Zhouxiang: The Politicisation of Sport in Modern China: Communists and Champions, New York 2013, p. 55
  6. ^ Fan Hong and Lu Zhouxiang: The Politicisation of Sport in Modern China: Communists and Champions, New York 2013, p. 68
  7. ^ Fan Hong and Lu Zhouxiang: The Politicisation of Sport in Modern China: Communists and Champions, New York 2013, p. 55
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