Qiao Hong (; born November 21, 1968 in
Wuhan
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,
Hubei
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) is a former female
Chinese
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table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
player. She is now the coach of the women's national table tennis team and a member of the
Chinese Olympic Committee
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.
Table tennis career
She won four Olympic medals including two gold medals. Her ten World Championship medals included five
gold medal
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s.
She was ranked second by the
International Table Tennis Federation
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Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the p ...
(ITTF) for a long time, Qiao Hong and long-time world No. 1
Deng Yaping
Deng Yaping (; born February 6, 1973) is a Chinese table tennis player, who won eighteen world championships including four Olympic championships between 1989 and 1997. She is regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport.
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formed one of the most feared double combos. She joined ITTF Hall of Fame in 2005.
See also
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List of table tennis players
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List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
Results of individual events
The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed).
Men's singles
Medal table
Women's singles
The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared ...
References
External links
Chinese Olympic Committee profileInternational Table Tennis Federation profile
1968 births
Living people
Chinese female table tennis players
Olympic bronze medalists for China
Olympic gold medalists for China
Olympic silver medalists for China
Olympic table tennis players of China
Table tennis players from Wuhan
Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in table tennis
Asian Games medalists in table tennis
Table tennis players at the 1990 Asian Games
Table tennis players at the 1994 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Asian Games silver medalists for China
Asian Games bronze medalists for China
Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
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