Yang Ying (born 1953) is a retired Chinese international table tennis player.
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Nationality | China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1953 Dazu District, Sichuan (now Chongqing), China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 杨莹 | ||||||
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Table tennis career edit
She won the 1977 World Table Tennis Championships in women's doubles, partnering with North Korean player Pak Yong-ok.[1][2] In the 1978 Asian Table Tennis Championships, she won a silver in women's singles and a gold in team competition. In the 1978 Asian Games, she won a bronze in women's doubles (partnering with Cao Yanhua) and a gold in team competition.
Later she played in Germany's Bundesliga for DSC Kaiserberg, helping the club win the 1980–1981 season as well as the 1981 ETTU Cup.
Retirement edit
After retirement she coached the German club ATSV Saarbrücken, and is currently the head coach of the Saarland Table Tennis Association.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.