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]

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang (Chang).
Zhang Li (Chang Li)
Nationality China
Born3 May 1951
Died13 February 2019(2019-02-13) (aged 67)

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.
  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.


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