Yang Ying (table tennis, born 1953)

Yang Ying (born 1953) is a retired Chinese international table tennis player.

Yang Ying
Nationality China
BornDazu District, Sichuan (now Chongqing), China
Yang Ying
Simplified Chinese杨莹

Table tennis career

She won the 1977 World Table Tennis Championships in women's doubles, partnering with North Korean player Pak Yong-ok.[1] [2] In the 1978 Asian Table Tennis Championships, she won a silver in women's singles and a gold in team competition. In the 1978 Asian Games, she won a bronze in women's doubles (partnering with Cao Yanhua) and a gold in team competition.

Later she played in Germany's Bundesliga for DSC Kaiserberg, helping the club win the 1980-1981 season as well as the 1981 ETTU Cup.

Retirement

After retirement she coached the German club ATSV Saarbrücken, and is currently the head coach of the Saarland Table Tennis Association.

See also

References

  1. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  2. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
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