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Zhang Yining
Chinese table tennis player
In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.
Zhang Yining (Chinese: 张怡宁; pinyin: Zhāng Yíníng; born 5 October )[1] is a Chinese table tennis player who retired in 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.
History
Zhang Yining held the ITTF #1 ranking continuously from to , except two months in , remaining as a dominant figure in women's table tennis,[2] with four Olympic gold medals, ten World Championships, and four World Cup wins.[3] During the Beijing Olympics, she was often referred to