Qiao Hong (; born November 21, 1968 in

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) is a former female

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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

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Table tennis career

She won four Olympic medals including two gold medals. Her ten World Championship medals included five

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s. She was ranked second by the

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(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. ...

formed one of the most feared double combos. She joined ITTF Hall of Fame in 2005.

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Table tennis career

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