Shi Ce (Chinese: 史册; born 15 December 1985) is a Chinese deaf female table tennis player.[1] She has represented China at the Deaflympics four times from 2005 to 2017. Shi Ce has been regarded as one of the finest athletes to have represented China at the Deaflympics, having won 14 medals at the event since making her debut in the 2005 Summer Deaflympics.[2]

Shi Ce
Born (1985-12-15) 15 December 1985 (age 38)
Yichun, Heilongjiang, China
Medal record
Representing  China
Women's Table tennis
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Deaf Table tennis Championship 4 0 0
WDTTC
World Deaf Table tennis Championship
Gold medal – first place 2008 singles
Gold medal – first place 2008 doubles
Gold medal – first place 2008 mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2008 team
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Deaflympics 11 3 0
Deaflympics
Gold medal – first place 2005 Melbourne singles
Gold medal – first place 2005 Melbourne doubles
Gold medal – first place 2005 Melbourne mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2009 Taipei doubles
Gold medal – first place 2009 Taipei team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sofia doubles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sofia mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sofia team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Samsun doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Samsun mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Samsun team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Melbourne team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Taipei mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Samsun singles

Biography edit

Shi Ce was born in Yichun, Heilongjiang on 15 December 1985. She was born with an ear condition that impaired her hearing which resulted in her deafness and has congenital malformation in her right ear. Her parents decided to consult a doctor and took her to an hospital in the Zhejiang Province in order to cure her ear impairment when she was just five years old. The doctor suggested that surgery would cause facial paralysis after Shi Ce's parents demanded for a surgery. Shi Ce took the sport of Table tennis and started playing it at the age of nine.[3]

Career edit

Shi Ce has won 14 medals in her Deaflympic career as a Table tennis player including 11 gold medals.[2] Shi Ce was eligible to compete at the National Games of China despite her deafness, in 2015. In the competition, she secured gold medals in singles, doubles, mixed doubles and in the team events.

2005 Summer Deaflympics edit

Shi Ce made her first appearance at an international sports event during the 2005 Summer Deaflympics and excelled on her debut Deaflympic event after winning gold medals in the women's singles,[4] doubles[5] and in the mixed doubles.[6] She was also the part of the Chinese Table tennis team which secured the silver medal[7] in the 2005 Deaflympics.[8]

In the same year, she received the Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award from the ICSD for her remarkable performances at the 2005 Summer Deaflympics. Shi Ce was rated with 83 points in the women's category at the 2005 Widex Sportsman and Sportswoman Award Ceremony.[9][10][11]

2009 Summer Deaflympics edit

She continued her medal hunt at the Deaflympics as she won the gold medals in the women's doubles[12] and team events[13] at the 2009 Summer Deaflympics.

2013 Summer Deaflympics edit

In the 2013 Summer Deaflympics, she bagged gold medals in the women's doubles,[14] women's mixed doubles[15] and in the women's team events.[16]

2017 Summer Deaflympics edit

She continued her dominance at the Deaflympics, winning gold medals in the doubles,[17] mixed doubles and team events. She also secured the women's singles silver medal after emerging as runners-up to a compatriot Meng Peng Huang[18][19][20][21]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Shi Ce | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Deaflympics. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  2. ^ a b "Shi Ce | ICSD". www.ciss.org. ICSD. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  3. ^ "Shi Ce: A Hearing Impaired Ping-Pong Player". All China Women's Federation. 2007-04-29.
  4. ^ "Melbourne 2005 Deaflympic Games - Table Tennis". SportsTG. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  5. ^ "Melbourne 2005 Deaflympic Games - Table Tennis". SportsTG. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  6. ^ "Melbourne 2005 Deaflympic Games - Table Tennis". SportsTG. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  7. ^ "Melbourne 2005 Deaflympic Games - Table Tennis". SportsTG. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  8. ^ "Shi Ce: A Hearing Impaired Ping-Pong Player". All China Women's Federation. 2007-04-29. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  9. ^ "News | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  10. ^ "Championships | ICSD". www.ciss.org. CISS. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  11. ^ "2005 Sportswoman of the Year | ICSD". www.ciss.org. CISS. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  12. ^ "Women's doubles| 2009 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Deaflympics. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  13. ^ "Women's Team events | 2009 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Deaflympics. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  14. ^ "Women's doubles | 2009 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Deaflympics. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  15. ^ "Women's mixed doubles | 2009 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Deaflympics. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  16. ^ "Women's Team events |2009 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Deaflympics. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  17. ^ "Deaflympics 2017 Samsun". deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). 2017SummerDeaflympics. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  18. ^ "Deaflympics 2017 Samsun". deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). 2017SummerDeaflympics. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  19. ^ "Deaflympics 2017 Samsun". deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). 2017SummerDeaflympics. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  20. ^ "Deaflympics 2017'de Türkiye'den Tarihi Madalya". Haberler.com (in Turkish). Haberler.com. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  21. ^ "Deaflympics 2017'de Türkiye'den tarihi madalya". tgrthaber.com.tr (in Turkish). tgrthaber.com. Retrieved 2017-11-06.

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