Yang Ying (table tennis, born 1953)

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

Yang Ying
Nationality	China
Born	Dazu District, Sichuan (now Chongqing), China
Medal record Women's table tennis World Championships 1977 Birmingham Doubles Asian Championships 1978 Kuala Lumpur Singles 1978 Kuala Lumpur Team Asian Games 1978 Bangkok Doubles 1978 Bangkok Team

Yang Ying
Simplified Chinese	杨莹
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yáng Yíng

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

• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

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.

• YANG Ying 1 (CHN) - ITTF Database