The Prince of Table Tennis--Kong Linghui
乒坛王子—孔令辉
Kong linghui is a world famous table tennis player. He was born in the city of Harbin, Heilongjiang Province in October 18th, 1975. In table tennis matches Kong linghui combines the traditional pen-hold-grip fast break with the European hand-and-shake grip attack, which makes his both-sides-curve-ball steady and powerful. He has a good strategy in his mind. He uses hand-and-shake grip right hand, and combines curving-ball and fast break. His pen-hold grip drive is powerful. With his speedy ball and good feel, Kong Linghui is very good at rally and sneak-raid in matches. As an all-around player, Kong linghui took a lead in the National Men's Table Tennis Team. Kong Linghui began to learn table tennis at 6 years old, and was selected to the Provincial Team in 1986. Two years later, he was selected to the National Youth Team, and to the National Table Tennis Team in 1991 .He has ranked himself World Men's Singles Tops in the list declared by the International Table Tennis League, and he is a grand slam medallist of World Cups, World Championships and the Olympic Games.
孔令辉是世界乒坛上著名的男子运动员。1975年10月18日出生于黑龙江省哈尔滨市，身高1.74米。孔令辉属于典型传统直拍快攻结合欧洲横拍进攻型打法，两面拉弧圈，稳中见狠，有极好的战术素养。右手横握球拍，弧圈球结合快攻，正手抽杀力量大。他球感好，球速快，善打多回合，能够在相持中偷袭变线，整体技术全面，曾是中国乒乓球男队的领军人物。孔令辉6岁开始学习打球，1986年进人省队，1988年进国青队，1991年人选中国国家乒乓球队，历年来在国际乒联公布的世界男单排名前列，是世界杯、世锦赛和奥运会的男子乒乓球大满贯冠军得主。
His Main Achievements:
运动生涯主要成绩：
Gold medals of men's team at the National Championships in 1991, the 2nd World Youth Championships, the 12th Asian Championships, the 12th Asian Games in 1994, the 43rd World Table Tennis Championships and the Asian Games in 1995, the 44th World Table Tennis Championships(with Wang Tao, Liu Guoliang, Ding Song and Ma Wenge)in 1997, the 13th Asian Games in 1998, the World Men's Table Tennis Club in 2000, the 46th World Table Tennis Championships in 2001 World Table Tennis Championships the 14th Asian Games in 2002 .and the 47th in 2004.
1991年全国锦标赛男团冠军；1994年第2届世界青年锦标赛、第12届亚锦赛、第12届亚运会男团冠军；1995年第43届世乒赛、亚洲杯团体赛男团冠军；1997年第44届世乒赛，与王涛、刘国梁、丁松和一马文革合作，获团体比赛冠军；1998年第13届亚运会男团冠军；2000年世界男子俱乐部团体冠军；2001年第46届世乒赛男团冠军；2002年第14届亚运会男团冠军；2004年第47届世乒赛男团冠军。
Gold medals of men's singles at the 2nd World Youth Championships, the China Open, the Korean Cups, the 12th Asian Championships in 1994, the China Stars Competition, the 43rd World Table Tennis Championships, the Epson World Stars Competitions, the Table Tennis Cup of China, the World Cups and the 3rd National Inner Cities Games in 1995, the China Table Tennis League Championships, the First International Professional Table Tennis Tour and the Asian Championships in 1996, the U. 5. Open, the Malaysia Open and the International Table Tennis Final in 1997, the Japan Open, Australia Open, National Championships in 1998; and the 27th Olympic Games in 2000.
1994年第2届世界青年锦标赛、中国公开赛男单、韩国大奖赛、第12届亚锦赛男单冠军；1995年中国明星赛、第43届世乒赛、爱普生世界明星赛、中国大奖赛、世界杯、第3届城运会男单冠军；1996年中国乒协杯、首届国际乒联职业巡回赛总决赛、亚锦赛男单冠军；1997年美国公开赛、马来西亚公开赛、国际乒联总决赛男单冠军；1998年日本公开赛、澳大利亚公开赛、全国锦标赛男单冠军；2001年第26届奥运会男单冠军。
Gold medals of men's doubles at the China Open, the China Table Tennis League Cups(with Zhang Lei)in 1994, the China Table Tennis League Competitions(with Liu Guoliang)and the 26th Olympic Games and the Asian Championships in 1996, the 44th World Table Tennis Championships(with Liu Guoliang)and the China Table Tennis League Championships(with Liu Guoliang)in 1997, the Australia Open(with Liu Guoliang ) and the 13th Asian Games(with Liu Guoliang ) in 1998 , the 45th World Table Tennis Championships in 1999, the Japan Open in 2000, the U. S. Open, the Germany Open, the Holland Open, the International Table Tennis Final in 2002, the Malaysia Open in 2003, the Korea Open, the China Changchun(with Wang Hao)in 2004, the Qatar Open and the 48th World Table Tennis Championships(with Wang Hao) in 2005.
1994年中国公开赛、中国乒协杯、意大利公开赛男双冠军（与张雷）；19%年中国乒协杯男双冠军（与刘国梁）、第26届奥运会男双冠军（与刘国梁）、亚锦赛男双冠军；1997年第44届世乒赛男双冠军（与刘国梁），中国大奖赛男双冠军（与刘国梁）；1998年澳大利亚公开赛男双冠军（与刘国梁），第13届亚运会男双冠军（与刘国梁）；1999年第45届世乒赛男双冠军；2000年日本公开赛男双冠军；2002年美国、德国、荷兰公开赛、国际乒联总决赛男双冠军；2003年马来西亚公开赛男双冠军；2004年韩国公开赛、中国公开赛（长春）男双冠军（与王皓）；2005年卡塔尔公开赛男双冠军，48届世乒赛男双冠军（和王皓）。
Gold medals of mixed doubles at the 12th Asian Championships and the 12th Asian Games (with Deng Yaping)in 1994, the China Stars Championships(with Deng Yaping)and the 43rd World Table Tennis Championships(with Deng Yaping) in 1995.
1994年第12届亚锦赛混双（与邓亚萍）；第12届亚运会混双（与邓亚萍）；1995年中国明星赛混双冠军（与邓亚萍）。
He joined in the 1998 Ericsson China Table Tennis Arena and became the general ring-winner finally.
1998年爱立信中国乒乓球擂台赛冠军并成为男子总擂主。
He was the medallist of the Asian Top 12 Table Tennis Competitions in 1999.
1999年亚洲12强赛冠军。
Kong Linghui declared to retire at the“Wuxi 2006 National Table Tennis Team Coaches Work-Reports and Recruitment Meet”, and then he became the head coach of National Women's Table Tennis Team. He said that he wouldn't give up table tennis although he had retired. As a coach he would realize his gold medal dream by another way. Kong Linghui, the generally accepted gentleman of China Table Tennis Players, has a famous star girlfriend named Ma Su. Kong Linghui had said he would marry Ma Su as soon as he retired from the National Team. But he had to delay their marriage for the closed training of National Women's Table Tennis Team to prepare for the Doha Asian Games in December 2006. However, their marriage is blessed by everyone. We hope the prince of Table Tennis who had brought us numerous honors and prides will live happily and bring us more achievements with his National Women's Table Tennis Team.
2006年10月12日孔令辉在无锡2006年中国乒乓球国家队教练述职与竞聘会上正式宣布退役，成为中国乒乓球女队主教练。他表示，虽然自己已经退出职业生涯，但是他对乒乓球事业的执著没有也不会改变，作为教练，他将换一种方式延续和实现自己的金牌梦想。孔令辉是中国乒坛上公认的儒雅帅哥，他的女朋友也是国内娱乐圈内的大明星马苏。在退役之前，孔令辉宣称自己一退役就要迎娶马苏，但是为了备战2006年12月的多哈亚运会，孔令辉带领女队进行封闭训练，将婚期推迟。国人都在期待这场王子与公主式的婚礼早日举行，也在祝福着这位曾经为国人带来众多荣誉和骄傲的乒坛王子能够幸福。同时我们也期望孔令辉能够带领中国女子乒乓球队走向更大的辉煌。
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