Zhang Li (table tennis)

Zhang Li (Chinese: 张立; pinyin: Zhāng Lì; Wade–Giles: Chang Li; 3 May 1951[1] – 13 February 2019) was a female international table tennis player from China.[2]

Zhang Li (Chang Li)
Nationality	China
Born	3 May 1951
Died	13 February 2019 (aged 67)
Medal record Women's table tennis Representing  China World Championships 1979 Pyongyang Doubles 1979 Pyongyang Team 1977 Birmingham Singles 1977 Birmingham Doubles 1977 Birmingham Team 1975 Calcutta Singles 1975 Calcutta Mixed Doubles 1975 Calcutta Team 1973 Sarajevo Singles 1973 Sarajevo Team Asian Championships 1978 Kuala Lumpur Singles 1978 Kuala Lumpur Doubles 1978 Kuala Lumpur Mixed Doubles 1978 Kuala Lumpur Team 1976 Pyongyang Singles 1976 Pyongyang Doubles 1976 Pyongyang Team 1974 Yokohama Doubles 1974 Yokohama Mixed Doubles 1974 Yokohama Team

Table tennis career

From 1973 to 1979 she won ten medals in the World Table Tennis Championships and several medals in the Asian Table Tennis Championships.[3]

The ten World Championship medals[4] included four gold medals; one in the singles at the 1979 World Table Tennis Championships with Zhang Deying [5] and three more in the Corbillon Cup (team event) for China.[6][7]

Personal life

After retiring from competition, Zhang and her husband Li Zhenshi moved to the USA, where they directed the World Champions Table Tennis Academy in San Jose, California.[8] She died on 13 February 2019.[9]

References

1. "Zhang Li" (in Chinese). Dahe Daily. June 12, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
2. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
3. http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=8050
4. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
5. "Women's singles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
6. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
7. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
8. "World Champions Table Tennis Academy Coaching Team". www.butterflyonline.com. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
9. "Standing alongside the greatest of all, Zhang Li passes away". International Table Tennis Federation. 2019-02-17. Retrieved 2019-02-18.