(1981-10-05) 5 October 1981 (age 42)[1] Beijing, China
Height
168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight
54 kg (119 lb)[1]
Table tennis career
Playing style
Shake hands grip
Highest ranking
1
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing China
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games
4
0
0
World Championships
10
2
4
World Cup
4
2
1
Total
18
4
5
Olympics Games
2004 Athens
Singles
2004 Athens
Doubles
2008 Beijing
Singles
2008 Beijing
Team
World Championships
2000 Kuala Lumpur
Team
2001 Osaka
Team
2003 Paris
Doubles
2004 Doha
Team
2005 Shanghai
Singles
2005 Shanghai
Doubles
2006 Bremen
Team
2007 Zagreb
Doubles
2008 Guangzhou
Team
2009 Yokohama
Singles
1999 Eindhoven
Singles
2003 Paris
Singles
1999 Eindhoven
Doubles
2001 Osaka
Singles
2001 Osaka
Doubles
2007 Zagreb
Singles
World Cup
2001 Wuhu
Singles
2002 Singapore
Singles
2004 Hangzhou
Singles
2005 Guangzhou
Singles
2006 Urumqi
Singles
2007 Chengdu
Singles
2003 Hong Kong
Singles
Asian Games
1998 Bangkok
Team
2002 Busan
Singles
2002 Busan
Doubles
2002 Busan
Team
Zhang Yining (simplified Chinese: 张怡宁; traditional Chinese: 張怡寧; pinyin: Zhāng Yíníng; born 5 October 1981)[1] is a Chinese table tennis player who retired in 2009. She is considered one of the greatest female players in the sport's history. In terms of achievements, she is one of the most successful female table tennis players (alongside Ding Ning, Deng Yaping, Wang Nan, Li Xiaoxia) having won the gold medal in each of the Table Tennis World Cup, the Table Tennis World Championships, and the Olympic Games. She is also the first player overall, and the first female, to have completed a Double Grand Slam.
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trained in Beijing's famous Shichahai Sports School with Olympic medalist ZhangYining. In 1995, she moved to Singapore and in the following year, she commenced...
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2000: Li Ju (CHN) 2001: ZhangYining (CHN) 2002: ZhangYining (CHN) 2003: Wang Nan (CHN) 2004: ZhangYining (CHN) 2005: ZhangYining (CHN) 2006: Guo Yan (CHN)...
Jianfeng (CHN) 2004: Wang Nan & ZhangYining (CHN) 2005: Gao Jun (USA) & Shen Yanfei (ESP) 2006: Wang Nan & ZhangYining (CHN) 2007: Guo Yue & Li Xiaoxia...
fifteenth world championship title in that section. ZhangYining Olympic gold medallist ZhangYining beat her fellow countrywoman, Liu Shiwen, to win one...
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