- Source: Wei Yan Tao
Wei Yan Tao (Chinese: 魏炎涛; born 12 February 1986) is a male table tennis player from China. He joined the Chinese National Table Tennis Team in 2003. Wei is left-handed, shakehand grip. He played for Zheshang Bank Table Tennis Club in China Table Tennis Super League in 2008 and 2009. He is the coach of Guangzhou Tianhe Taibaijinxing Table Tennis Association from 2009 till 2016.
Wei moved to New Zealand in June 2016 and became the head Coach of North Shore Table Tennis Club in Auckland from 2016 till 2018.Wei started his own table tennis club–Tornado Table Tennis in January 2019 in North Shore Auckland.Wei Was appointed as the head coach of the New Zealand national men's team for 2022 & 2023 ITTF Oceania Championship and 2024 ITTF World Team Championship Busan.
Major performances
2003 North Korea Open - runner-up team
2005 Table Tennis Match in China National Games - made it through to the round of 16 in Men Singles
2006 Germany Masters - beat Lucjan Blaszczyk from Poland in group game of men singles
2006 Sydney Invitation - champion singles and doubles
2007 Germany Masters - made it through to the round of 12 in Men Singles
2007 China National Table Tennis Championships - bronze mixed doubles.
2008 China Table Tennis Super League - runner-up team.
2009 China Table Tennis Super League - runner-up team
2009 Table Tennis Match in China National Games - runner-up team
2011 China Liantong Cup Table Tennis Challenge(Guangdong) - champion singles
2011 China National Coastal City Invitation - champion singles
2011 China National Sports College Table Tennis Tournament - champions singles, doubles and team
2013 Table Tennis Match in Guangzhou Employee Sports Meeting - champion singles and team
2014 China National Public Security Table Tennis Tournament - champion singles and team