Zhang Yining

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Yining Personal information Full name: Zhang Yining Nationality:  China Playing style: Shake hands grip Date of birth: October 5, 1981 (1981-10-05) (age 27) Place of birth: Beijing, China

Medal record Women's table tennis Competitor for  China Olympic Games Gold 2004 Athens Singles Gold 2004 Athens Doubles Gold 2008 Beijing Team Gold 2008 Beijing Singles World Championships Gold 2000 Kuala Lumpur Team Gold 2001 Osaka Team Gold 2003 Paris Doubles Gold 2004 Doha Team Gold 2005 Shanghai Singles Gold 2005 Shanghai Doubles Gold 2006 Bremen Team Gold 2007 Zagreb Doubles Gold 2008 Guangzhou Team Silver 1999 Eindhoven Singles Silver 2003 Paris Singles World Cup Gold 2001 Singles Gold 2002 Singles Gold 2004 Singles Gold 2005 Singles

Zhang Yining (simplified Chinese: 张怡宁, born October 5, 1981 in Beijing) is a female Chinese table tennis player.

Contents 1 History 2 Successes 3 Olympic record 3.1 2004 Summer Olympics 3.2 2008 Summer Olympics 4 References

[edit] History

As of August 2008, she is ranked #1 in the ITTF rankings, in both women's singles and women's doubles.^[1] She has continuously held the ITTF #1 ranking since January 2003. She remains a dominant figure in women's table tennis. With 4 Olympic gold medals, 9 World Championships, and 4 World Cup wins, she is one of the most decorated athletes in the history of table tennis.

Zhang is also a graduate from Beijing Shichahai Sports School, where Li Jia Wei of Singapore studied at as well.

[edit] Successes

• 45th World Table Tennis Championships (1999) Women's Single Silver.
• 45th World Table Tennis Championships (2000) Women's Team Gold..
• 5th ITTF Pro Tour Grand Final (2000) Women's Single Gold.
• 5th Table Tennis World Cup (2001) Women's Single Gold.
• 46th World Table Tennis Championships (2001) Women's Team Gold
• 6th Table Tennis World Cup (2002) Women's Single Gold.
• 7th ITTF Pro Tour Grand Final (2002) Women's Single Gold.
• 47th World Table Tennis Championships (2003) Women's Single Silver, Women's Double Gold.
• 47th World Table Tennis Championships (2004) Women's Team Gold.
• 28th Olympic Games (2004) Table Tennis Women's Single Gold, Women's Double Gold.
• 8th Table Tennis World Cup (2004) Women's Single Gold.
• 48th World Table Tennis Championships (2005) Women's Single Gold, Women's Double Gold.
• 9th Table Tennis World Cup (2005) Women's Single Gold.
• 10th ITTF Pro Tour Grand Final (2005) Women's Single Gold.
• 48th World Table Tennis Championships (2006) Women's Team Gold.
• 11th ITTF Pro Tour Grand Final (2006) Women's Single Gold.
• 49th World Table Tennis Championships (2007) Women's Double Gold.
• 11th Table Tennis World Cup (2007) Women's Team Gold.
• 49th World Table Tennis Championships (2008) Women's Team Gold
• 29th Olympic Games (2008) Table Tennis Women's Single Gold, Women's Team Gold.

[edit] Olympic record

[edit] 2004 Summer Olympics

Zhang participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens winning double gold in both singles and doubles with her partner Nan Wang (who won double gold at Sydney as well).

Singles Result

Round	Result	Opponent's Country	Opponent	Score	By Match							Official Link
1st	Bye
2nd	Bye
3rd	W	New Zealand	Chunli Li	4-0	11-8	12-10	11-5	11-7				[2]
4th	W	Hong Kong	Sui Fei Lau	4-1	11-5	11-7	11-3	9-11	11-5			[3]
Quarters	W	Croatia	Tamara Boroš	4-0	12-10	15-13	13-11	11-3				[4]
Semis	W	South Korea	Kyung Ah Kim	4-1	13-11	11-8	11-6	5-11	11-8			[5]
Finals	W	North Korea	Hyang Mi Kim	4-0	11-8	11-7	11-2	11-2				[6]

Doubles Results

Round	Result	Opponent's Country	Opponent	Score	By Match							Official Link
1st	Bye
2nd	Bye
3rd	Bye
4th	W	Italy	Nikoleta Stefanova & Wenling Tan Monfardini	4-0	11-6	11-3	12-10	14-12				[7]
Quarters	W	Hong Kong	Ah Sim Song & Yana Tie	4-2	11-4	3-11	11-13	11-8	12-10	11-8		[8]
Semis	W	China	Guo Yue & Jianfeng Niu	4-2	11-7	13-11	9-11	13-11	6-11	13-11		[9]
Finals	W	South Korea	Eun Sil Lee & Eun Mi Seok	4-0	11-9	11-7	11-6	11-6				[10]

[edit] 2008 Summer Olympics

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

[edit] References

• Zhang Yining, a living table tennis legend

Preceded by Zoi Dimoschaki

Athlete's Summer Olympic Oath 2008

Succeeded by Incumbent