Hu Heming
{{short description|Australian table tennis player}}
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Hu Heming (born 21 March 1994) is an Australian table tennis player who has competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |title=Table Tennis Team announced for Tokyo Olympics on One Year To Go milestone |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/news/table-tennis-team-announced-for-tokyo-olympics-on-one-year-to-go-milestone/ |access-date=2021-04-08 |website=Australian Olympic Committee |language=en-AU |archive-date=14 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414010338/https://www.olympics.com.au/news/table-tennis-team-announced-for-tokyo-olympics-on-one-year-to-go-milestone/ |url-status=live }}
Early life
Hu started playing table tennis in his garage when he was six years old. He moved to China at age 16 to pursue his table tennis career.{{cite news |author= |agency= |title=This table tennis champion started in his garage at age 6. Now he's an Olympian. |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/article/this-table-tennis-champion-started-in-his-garage-at-age-6-now-hes-an-olympian/sd6sltk54 |quote= |newspaper=SBS News |date=2021-06-16 |access-date=2024-03-27 |archive-date=27 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327004435/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/article/this-table-tennis-champion-started-in-his-garage-at-age-6-now-hes-an-olympian/sd6sltk54 |url-status=live }}
Hu attended Lyndale Secondary College in Dandenong North, Victoria.{{cite web |title=Alumni |url=https://lyndale.vic.edu.au/alumni/ |website=Lyndale Secondary College |access-date=4 April 2024 |language=en-AU |archive-date=28 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128121038/https://lyndale.vic.edu.au/alumni/ |url-status=live }}
Career
At the 2020 Summer Olympics, the team of Chris Yan, David Powell and Heming advanced to the round of 16 where they were beaten by Japan 3–0.{{Cite web |title=Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021 |url=https://www.theroar.com.au/olympics/australian-olympic-team/ |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=The Roar |language=en-US |archive-date=15 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315191131/https://www.theroar.com.au/olympics/australian-olympic-team/ |url-status=live }}
His highest Men's World Ranking was 61 in September 2019, and number 1 in the Australia and Oceania Region for 4 years (2017-2021), before he announced his retirement on March 21, 2022.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}
Heming represented Australia at the 2014 & 2018 Commonwealth Games. He is the 2018 & and 2019 Oceania Cup Champion and qualified to represent Australia at the 2018 and 2019 Men's World Cups.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
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Category:Australian male table tennis players
Category:Australian people of Chinese descent
Category:Sportspeople of Chinese descent
Category:Olympic table tennis players for Australia
Category:Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Table tennis players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
Category:Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:People educated at Lyndale Secondary College
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