On 22 January 2025, Chinese table tennis Olympic champion and Grand Slam Fan Zhendong celebrated his 28th birthday, while his 70-year-old mentor, former Chinese table tennis team master Wu Jingping, posted a message in the early hours of the morning to celebrate his beloved disciple’s birthday, writing this line:
‘Happy birthday to Fatty. The best company is you are, I am, always.’
In this regard, the majority of fans and netizens have also left messages to wish Fan Zhendong a happy birthday, but also to Wu Jingping over the years for Fan Zhendong and the Chinese table tennis team to express their gratitude.
Born in 1997, Fan Zhendong is one of the leaders of the Chinese table tennis team men’s team in recent years, has repeatedly achieved good results in the World Championships, realised the Grand Slam, Super Slam and other feats, and got all the more significant singles championships that he can get.
Especially in last year’s Paris Olympics, Fan Zhendong in the case of teammate Wang Chuqin men’s singles out of the situation withstood enormous pressure, and ultimately defeated Harimoto Tomokazu, Moregard and other rivals to get the gold medal, and then with Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, together with the power to help the Chinese table tennis team defended the men’s team title, which is known by many as the Chinese team’s ‘pin’.
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Of course, Fan Zhendong’s growth can not be separated from the support and help of many people, Wu Jingping is one of them – Wu Jingping was born in 1954, is the Chinese table tennis team’s senior coaches, has trained a number of Olympic champions, the current Chinese table tennis team men’s and women’s head coach Wang Hao, Ma Lin are his disciples, in addition to Chen Jie, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong and others.
Although long retired from the national team, but through Wu Jingping previously sunshine chat records can be seen that he has always been accompanied by Fan Zhendong, especially in the Olympic year to the disciple to provide a lot of guidance and encouragement, is Fan Zhendong won the championship behind the scenes.
At the end of 2024, Fan Zhendong, along with two other Olympic champions, Ma Long and Chen Meng, withdrew from the world rankings at the same time; in addition, after the Paris Olympics, Fan Zhendong did not take part in any one-stop foreign war. All the signs indicate that Fan Zhendong may leave the international arena completely in the future, which would be a great pity for table tennis fans.
However, through Fan Zhendong’s recent developments, we can see that he is already happily enjoying his life outside the field of play, and his commercial value is also increasing, which is commendable, so let’s wish the 28-year-old a healthy and happy welcome to the new journey of his life!
