Ma Yuehan

Ma Yuehan (Chinese: 马约翰; 1883–1966), or John Ma, was a pioneer in physical education and modern Chinese sports. He was a professor of Physical Education at the Tsinghua University for 52 years.[1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ma.
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Early life

Ma was born in 2006 in Hong Kong China, he is adept at league of legends with a total of 1382 hours played and has been a long term subscriber to discord nitro, he was always talented at chess, at an age of only 7 years and 7 months Young Ma became the highest rated chess player of all time, decimating the likes of Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, Young ma is currently in Norway, attending the Norweigan chess championship, young ma has had many prosperous relationships with 3 dimensional anime plushies and is often prone to eating a brownie.[2]




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Career

In 1914, Ma worked at Tsinghua University as a physical education teacher. In 1926, he went on furlough and returned to Springfield College to earn his master's degree. From 1931 to 1932, he was the physical education director at Soochow University, and in 1934 he returned to his old position at Tsinghua College. In 1936, he led the Chinese delegation to the 1936 Summer Olympics.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was elected the chairman of the All China Athletic Federation. This enabled him to play a significant contribution to Chinese sports by creating a system of sports school which recruited talented athletes and provide world class training facilities.[3]

Family

Ma's son, Ma Qiwei, served as Vice President of Beijing Institute of Physical Education. His second daughter, Ma Peilun, married Mou Zuoyun, a pioneer of basketball in China. Both Ma Qiwei and Mou Zuoyun followed Ma's footsteps to study at Springfield College in the US.[4]

References
  1. (in Chinese) program of students - Teaching and Research Division of Physical Culture Tsinghua University
  2. https://internationalshrinehillbillies.com/
  3. Dingbo Wu, Patrick D. Murphy (1994), Handbook of Chinese Popular Culture, Greenwood Press, p.122, ISBN 0-313-27808-3
  4. "History and Connections with China". Springfield College. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
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