Zhang Yining
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Zhang Yining (张怡宁) is a Chinese table tennis player, born October 5, 1981 in the city of Beijing, China.
[edit] History
As of June 2005, she was ranked #1 in the ITTF rankings, in both women's singles and women's doubles.[1] She remains a dominant figure. However, though she is #1 in the world of Women's table tennis, she recently lost in the finals of the 2006 Women's World Cup to the #2 women's player, Guo Yan (China).
[edit] Olympic Participation
Zhang participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens winning double gold in both singles and doubles with her partner Nan Wang (who won double gold at Sydney as well).
| Round | Result | Opponent's Country | Opponent | Score | By Match | Official Link | ||||||
| 1st | Bye | |||||||||||
| 2nd | Bye | |||||||||||
| 3rd | W |  New Zealand |
Chunli Li | 4-0 | 11-8 | 12-10 | 11-5 | 11-7 | [2] | |||
| 4th | W |  Hong Kong |
Sui Fei Lau | 4-1 | 11-5 | 11-7 | 11-3 | 9-11 | 11-5 | [3] | ||
| Quarters | W |  Croatia |
Tamara Boros | 4-0 | 12-10 | 15-13 | 13-11 | 11-3 | [4] | |||
| Semis | W |  South Korea |
Kyung Ah Kim | 4-1 | 13-11 | 11-8 | 11-6 | 5-11 | 11-8 | [5] | ||
| Finals | W |  North Korea |
Hyang Mi Kim | 4-0 | 11-8 | 11-7 | 11-2 | 11-2 | [6] | |||
| Round | Result | Opponent's Country | Opponent | Score | By Match | Official Link | ||||||
| 1st | Bye | |||||||||||
| 2nd | Bye | |||||||||||
| 3rd | Bye | |||||||||||
| 4th | W |  Italy |
Nikoleta Stefanova & Wenling Tan Monfardini |
4-0 | 11-6 | 11-3 | 12-10 | 14-12 | [7] | |||
| Quarters | W | Hong Kong |
Ah Sim Song & Yana Tie |
4-2 | 11-4 | 3-11 | 11-13 | 11-8 | 12-10 | 11-8 | [8] | |
| Semis | W |  China |
Yue Guo & Jianfeng Niu |
4-2 | 11-7 | 13-11 | 9-11 | 13-11 | 6-11 | 13-11 | [9] | |
| Finals | W | South Korea |
Eun Sil Lee & Eun Mi Seok |
4-0 | 11-9 | 11-7 | 11-6 | 11-6 | [10] | |||
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