Hou Yingchao
{{short description|Chinese table tennis player}}
{{Infobox table tennis player
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| image = Hou Yingchao 2013 ETTU Cup (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Hou playing for the Russian club UMMC Ekaterinburg in the 2013 ETTU Cup
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|6|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Beijing, China
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| playingstyle = Right-handed shakehand grip
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| highest_rank = 10 (January 2007){{cite web|url=https://ranking.ittf.com/#/rankings/progress/103709/SEN/M;SINGLES|title=ITTF World Ranking - Ranking Progression - Hou Yingchao|website=ITTF|access-date=19 February 2020}}
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| club = Kinoshita Meister Tokyo
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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2003 Jeju|Men's team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Universiade}}
{{MedalSilver|2007 Bangkok|Men's singles}}
{{MedalBronze|2007 Bangkok|Men's doubles}}
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Hou Yingchao ({{zh|c=侯英超|p=Hóu Yīngchāo}}, born 15 June 1980{{cite web|url=https://tleague.jp/team/kinoshitameister-tokyo/player/?season=2019&pno=5|title=ホウ エイチョウ(侯英超)|language=ja|website=T.League|access-date=19 February 2020}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}) is a Chinese table tennis player who plays a chopping style.
Association change
In 2018, Hou registered with Table Tennis Canada and played in the ITTF World Tour under Canada's flag. He did so to continue playing in ITTF tournaments, without having acquired Canadian nationality or giving up his Chinese nationality.{{cite web|url=http://wap.xxsb.com/content/2019-07/31/content_58525.html|title=39岁老将侯英超的削球绝活|date=31 July 2019|access-date=19 February 2020|last=Zou Tian|language=zh|website=Xinxi Shibao}}{{cite web|url=https://www.go4t.jp/post_news/2076|title=木下が連敗ストップ! 新守護神・侯英超が締めた!|date=3 February 2019|access-date=19 February 2020|language=ja|website=Go For T.League|archive-date=20 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220050940/https://www.go4t.jp/post_news/2076|url-status=dead}} Indeed, a year later he played in the 2019 All China Table Tennis Championships, and by beating Wang Chuqin 4–0 in the final, he became the tournament's oldest ever champion. He first won the tournament in 2000.{{cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/2019/07/30/hou-yingchao-history-maker/|title=Hou Yingchao the history-maker!|date=30 July 2019|access-date=19 February 2020|website=ITTF}}
References
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{{Footer Asian Champions Table Tennis Team Men}}
Category:Chinese male table tennis players
Category:Table tennis players from Beijing
Category:Summer World University Games medalists in table tennis
Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for China
Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for China
Category:Kinoshita Meister Tokyo players
Category:Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Category:Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Category:Chinese emigrants to Canada
Category:Expatriate table tennis people in Japan
Category:Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade
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