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Ding Ning
Completing table tennis’s singles Grand Slam with Rio Olympic gold.
World singles title · Olympic gold
- Born
- 20 June 1990
- Birthplace
- Daqing, China
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Ding Ning
Ding Ning is a Chinese table tennis player who won three world singles titles and the 2016 Olympic championship.
Early life
Heilongjiang
Was born in Daqing in northeastern China.
Childhood training
Began playing table tennis at five.
Career
- 2005
Junior champion
Won the world junior singles title.
- 2011–2017
Senior titles
Won three world singles championships and Olympic gold.
- 2021
University move
Retired from competition and entered Peking University.
Achievements
World singles title
Won her first senior world championship.
Olympic gold
Defeated Li Xiaoxia in a seven-game Rio final.
Third world title
Beat Zhu Yuling in the Düsseldorf final.
Beyond table tennis
Education
Pursued a master’s degree in physical education at Peking University.
University Games
Carried the torch at the 2023 relay launch for the Chengdu World University Games.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗University and early training ↗Photo: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
