China News Service Client, Beijing, January 27. According to WTT official news, Fukuhara Ai became the first general manager of the World Table Tennis Federation in Japan. She will lead the strategic development of the WTT World Table Tennis Federation in Japan.

　　Ai Fukuhara, one of Japan's most famous table tennis players, became a professional player at the age of 10.

A four-time Olympian, she won a silver medal in the women's team table tennis at the 2012 London Olympics, Japan's first Olympic table tennis medal.

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she won the women's team bronze medal.

In Fukuhara Ai's career, he has won a total of six World Table Tennis Championships medals.

Ai Fukuhara announced her retirement in October 2018, bringing an end to her athlete career.

　　Ai Fukuhara said: "I have been involved in table tennis as a player since I was a child, and I am very excited now that the WTT World Table Tennis Federation has recognized my achievements and experience. I am honored by the WTT World Table Tennis Federation Council Chairman Liu Guoliang, Group CEO Steve Denton invited me to be the general manager of WTT Japan. I will work hard for the players and contribute to meeting their most basic and urgent needs.”

　　"As the general manager of the WTT World Table Tennis Federation Japan, I will have the opportunity to support the players and the entire table tennis family in different ways, and I also hope to make the sport more dynamic. I feel that the WTT event has really done it's Players are at the core', which will benefit the players a lot. At the same time, the current WTT layout is also very cool, which I think is a great thing. I started playing table tennis when I was 3 years old, and over the years from middle school When it comes to a lot of things, I also want to share my experience with the new generation of players and focus on their important needs and work for them."

　　It is reported that Ai Fukuhara's work tasks include creating event hosting opportunities for the WTT World Table Tennis Federation, promoting sponsorship and investment, supporting the development of table tennis, and promoting the WTT World Table Tennis Federation's media rights sales in Japan.

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