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 26) Place of birth: Beijing, China

Medal record Women's table tennis Competitor for  China Olympic Games Gold 2004 Athens Singles Gold 2004 Athens Doubles

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

[edit] History

As of June 2005, she was ranked #1 in the ITTF rankings, in both women's singles and women's doubles.[1] She remains a dominant figure. However, though she is #1 in the world of Women's table tennis, she recently lost in the finals of the 2006 Women's World Cup to the #4 women's player, Guo Yan (China).

[edit] Olympic Participation

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 Boros	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	Yue Guo & 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]