ZHANG YI NING (CHINA), Current World No 1 on the ITTF Jan 2009 Ranking List
Date of Birth 5th October 1981 In Beijing.
Height： 1.68m
Learned to play table tennis at the age of six. Became a member of the Beijing municipal team in 1991 and joined the national team in 1993.
As of June 2005, she was ranked #1 in the ITTF rankings, in both women's singles and women's doubles. She remains a dominant figure. However, though she is #1 in the world of Women's table tennis, she recently lost in the finals of the 2006 Women's World Cup to the #4 women's player, Guo Yan (China).
On Dec. 15, 2005 Zhang Yi Ning became the first table tennis player to win the women's singles titles at the World Championships, World Cup, ITTF ProTour Grand Finals and Chinese National Games in the same year
Personal best： 2004 Athens Olympic Games - 1st singles and 1st doubles (with Wan Nan)
Sports career:
1986 Beijing Dongcheng District Sports School
1994 Beijing Table Tennis Team
1995 National Team
High performances:
1997 National Games - 2nd team
1998 National Club League - 2nd team
1998 Malaysian Open - 1st singles/doubles
1998 Italian Open - 1st singles; 3rd doubles
1998 Asian Championships/Asian Games - 1st team
2000 World Championships - 1st team; 2nd singles; 3rd doubles
2000 Japan Open - 2nd doubles
2000 Polish Open - 1st singles/doubles
2000 Swedish Open - 1st singles
2001 World Championships - 1st team; 3rd singles/doubles
2001 World University Games - 1st team/doubles; 3rd singles
2001 National Games - 2nd team/singles; 3rd mixed doubles
2002 ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals - 1st singles
2002 Asian Games - 1st singles; 2nd doubles
2003 Croatian Open - 1st singles/doubles
2003 China Open - 1st singles
2003 World Championships - 1st doubles; 2nd singles
2003 National Championships - 1st team/singles/doubles
2003 ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals - 2nd singles
2004 World Team Championships - 1st
2004 Olympic Games - 1st singles/doubles (with Wang Nan)
2008 Olympic Games Champion
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