Cai Zhenhua
Cai Zhenhua (Chinese: 蔡振华; pinyin: Cài Zhènhuá; Mandarin pronunciation: ; born 3 September 1961 in Wuxi, Jiangsu) is a male former table tennis player from China. He is the vice Chairman and the Secretary of the Secretariat of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the former deputy Director of State General Administration of Sports and the president of the Chinese Football *ociation from 2014 to 2019 and is replaced by Chen Xuyuan, the Chinese Badminton *ociation and the Chinese Table Tennis *ociation.
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 *ociation on 18 February 2009 and the president of the Chinese Table Tennis *ociation on 27 February 2009. On 21 January 2014, he was elected as the president of the Chinese Football *ociation.
In September 2018, Cai was appointed as the vice Chairman and the Secretary of the Secretariat of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.