Cai Zhenhua

Cai Zhenhua
Full name	Cai Zhenhua
Nationality	China
Born	(1961-09-03) 3 September 1961 Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Medal record Men's table tennis Representing China World Championships 1985 Gothenburg Doubles 1985 Gothenburg Mixed Doubles 1983 Tokyo Singles 1983 Tokyo Mixed Doubles 1983 Tokyo Men's Team 1981 Novi Sad Singles 1981 Novi Sad Doubles 1981 Novi Sad Men's Team Asian Championships 1982 Jakarta Singles 1982 Jakarta Doubles 1982 Jakarta Mixed Doubles 1982 Jakarta Men's Team 1980 Calcutta Doubles 1980 Calcutta Mixed Doubles 1980 Calcutta Men's Team

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Cai.

Cai Zhenhua (simplified Chinese: 蔡振华; traditional Chinese: 蔡振華; pinyin: Cài Zhènhuá; born 3 September 1961 in Wuxi, Jiangsu) is a male former table tennis player from China. He is the deputy Director of State General Administration of Sports and the president of the Chinese Football Association, the Chinese Badminton Association and the Chinese Table Tennis Association.

Career

From 1980 to 1985 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.

He worked as the lead coach of the Chinese men's team from 1991 to 2004, during which he played an important role in leading the Chinese team to its comeback.

In April 2007, Cai became the deputy Director of State General Administration of Sports. He was elected as the president of the Chinese Badminton Association on 18 February 2009 and the president of the Chinese Table Tennis Association on 27 February 2009. On 21 January 2014, he was elected as the president of the Chinese Football Association.