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Zhang Yining
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Personal information
Full name: Zhang Yining
Nationality:  China
Playing style: Shake hands grip
Highest ranking: 1
Date of birth: October 5, 1982 (1982-10-05) (age 27)
Place of birth: Beijing, China

Zhang Yining (simplified Chinese: 张怡宁traditional Chinese: 張怡寧pinyin: Zhāng Yíníng; born October 5, 1982 in Beijing)[1] in Beijing) is a female Chinese table tennis player.

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[edit] History

As of August 2008, she is ranked #1 in the ITTF rankings, in both women's singles and women's doubles.[2] She has held the ITTF #1 ranking continuously since January 2003 and remains a dominant figure in women's table tennis. With 4 Olympic gold medals, 9 World Championships, and 4 World Cup wins, she is considered to be one of the most successful female table tennis players in history. She uses a specially made Zhang Yining ZLC for her blade made by butterfly, and tenergy 05 for forehand and tenergy 64 for her backhand.

Zhang is a graduate from Beijing Shichahai Sports School, where Li Jiawei of Singapore studied as well.

[edit] Successes

[edit] Olympic record

[edit] 2008 Summer Olympics Women's Table Tennis Singles Results

Zhang participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing winning gold in both Women's Singles and Women's Team Competition. Zhang successfully defended her singles Olympic gold medal, defeating compatriot Wang Nan in the finals 8-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-3. She is also the Women's Doubles Gold Medal Holder at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

The following table shows the scores of the Women's Singles table tennis matches that Zhang Yining played during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games:


Round Result Opponent's Country Opponent Score By Match
1st Bye
2nd Bye
3rd W  Belarus Victoria Pavlovich 4-0 11-7 11-2 11-7 11-5
4th W  Japan Fukuhara Ai 4-1 11-5 11-2 11-5 9-11 11-8
Quarters W  Singapore Feng Tianwei 4-1 13-11 12-14 14-12 12-10 13-11
Semis W  Singapore Li Jia Wei 4-1 9-11 11-8 12-10 11-8 11-5
Finals W  China Wang Nan 4-1 8-11 13-11 11-8 11-8 11-3

Click here to see further details regarding the 2008 Summer Olympics Table Tennis Competition Results

[edit] 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony

At the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Zhang took the Olympic Oath on behalf of all competitors at the Games.

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Preceded by
Zoi Dimoschaki
Athlete's Summer Olympic Oath
2008
Succeeded by
Incumbent



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