# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zhuang-zedong
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:05:08.095Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zhuang-zedong"
name: "Zhuang Zedong"
slug: "zhuang-zedong"
description: "Zhuang Zedong was a Chinese table tennis player, three-time world men's singles champion and champion at numerous other table tennis events. These accomplishments lead Zhuang as one of the greatest table tennis players of all time and a well-known political personality during the tumult of the Cultural Revolution. His chance meeting with American table tennis player, Glenn Cowan, during the 31st World Table Tennis Championship, later referred to as ping-pong diplomacy, triggered the first thawing of the ice in Sino-American relations since 1949. Zhuang was once married to the pianist Bao Huiqiao, and his second wife was the Chinese-born Japanese Atsuko Sasaki."
tagline: "Chinese table tennis player (1940-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zhuang_Zedong_(1436472690)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1940-08-25"
deathDate: "2013-02-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.27
  momentum:             4.778245648000258
  historical:           14.720744
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  245
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8E%8A%E5%89%87%E6%A3%9F"
    title: "莊則棟"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuang_Zedong"
    title: "Zhuang Zedong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%89_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "تشوانج تسى تونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cuang_Ce-tung"
    title: "Čuang Ce-tung"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuang_Zedong"
    title: "Zhuang Zedong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuang_Zedong"
    title: "Zhuang Zedong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuang_Zedong"
    title: "Zhuang Zedong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuang_Zedong"
    title: "Zhuang Zedong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%98%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF_%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "ژوانگ زدونگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuang_Zedong"
    title: "Zhuang Zedong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuang_Zedong"
    title: "Zhuang Zedong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8D%98%E5%89%87%E6%A3%9F"
    title: "荘則棟"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A2%A1%EC%A9%8C%EB%91%A5"
    title: "좡쩌둥"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuang_Zedong"
    title: "Zhuang Zedong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuang_Zedong"
    title: "Zhuang Zedong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuang_Zedong"
    title: "Zhuang Zedong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trang_T%E1%BA%AFc_%C4%90%E1%BB%91ng"
    title: "Trang Tắc Đống"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q198153"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump