Yang Ying (table tennis, born 1977)

Yang Ying
Personal information
Nationality China
Born (1977-07-13) 13 July 1977
Sport
SportTable tennis
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  China
2000 Sydney Doubles

Yang Ying (Chinese: 杨影, born 13 July 1977) is a Chinese table tennis player from Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. She achieved gold medals at several World Table Tennis Championships in either doubles or team play. She played right-handed Chinese penhold style. Her main techniques were forehand and backhand speed drives. Since 2008 Yang has been working as a table tennis commentator for CCTV-5.[1]

Career performance

  • 4th Table Tennis World Cup (1995) Women's Team Gold.
  • 44th World Table Tennis Championship (1997) Women's Team Gold.
  • 44th World Table Tennis Championship (1997) Women's Double Gold.[2]
  • 13th Asian Games (1998) Table Tennis Women's Team Gold.
  • 45th World Table Tennis Championship (1999) Women's Double Silver.
  • 27th Olympic Games (2000) Table Tennis Women's Double Silver.[3]
  • International Table Tennis Tournament (2001) Grand Finals Women's Double Gold.
  • 46th World Table Tennis Championship (2001) Women's Team Gold.
  • 46th World Table Tennis Championship (2001) Women's Double Silver.[4]
  • 46th World Table Tennis Championship (2001) Mixed Double Gold.

References

  1. ^ "杨影". cctv.com. Archived from the original on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  2. ^ "table tennis (sport) :: Women's world table tennis championships -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia". britannica.com. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Yang Ying Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Sports 123: Table Tennis: World Championships: Women: Doubles". sports123.com. Retrieved 2 February 2010.