Yang Yi (Chinese: 杨毅, born 1952[3]) is a Chinese retired para table tennis player. She won a gold, a silver, and a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Paralympics.[4]
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| Born | 1952 (age 71–72) Liuzhou,[1][2] Guangxi, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 楊毅 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 杨毅 | ||||||
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Yang Yi was disabled by polio at age 3. As an adult, her right leg is shorter than her left leg by 5 cm and much thinner. She began playing table tennis seriously in 1986, after her marriage in 1982 and the birth of her son in 1983.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b "柳州历史上的今天" (PDF). Government of Liuzhou (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "南宁市火炬手完全名单及简介". Sohu (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ a b Liu Changshan (刘常山); Liang Wenxiang (梁文翔) (1997). "40岁圆了奥运金牌梦". New Youth (新青年) (in Chinese) (8): 10–12 – via CNKI.
- ^ "Yi Yang". Paralympic Games. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
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