Lu Yuansheng

Lu Yuansheng, also written Lu Yuan-sheng, is a Chinese former international table tennis player who later became a coach, born on 7 October 1954. His English Wikipedia article records that he won a gold medal in the men's team event at the 1975 World Table Tennis Championships and a silver medal in the men's doubles at the 1977 World Table Tennis Championships, partnering Huang Liang. After his playing career he coached the Chinese national teams at four consecutive Olympic Games, leading the men's team in 1992 and the women's team in 1996, 2000 and 2004. His career therefore spans the era of Chinese dominance in the sport, first as a world championship medallist and then as a national team coach across more than a decade of Olympic competition.