Cao Yanhua
Cao Yanhua ( Chinese 曹 燕華 / 曹 燕华 , Pinyin Cáo Yànhuá ; born December 1, 1962 ) is a former Chinese table tennis player . In the 1980s she won the world title seven times.
World championships
Cao Yanhua plays penholder style. Between 1979 and 1985 she took part in four world championships with the following results:
- 1979 World Cup : victory with the team, quarter-finals in doubles
- World Cup 1981 : Second place in singles, title win in doubles (with Zhang Deying ) and with the team. Insiders assume that their defeat in the final against Tong Ling was ordered by the Chinese management by the stable.
- World Cup 1983 : title win in individual and with the team
- 1985 World Cup : title win in singles and in mixed (with Cai Zhenhua ), silver in doubles with Ni Xialian
End of career
In 1985 she went to Japan with her husband, a year later she ended her international career and began studying at Jiatong University in Shanghai.
In 1987 she moved to Germany and played in the women's Bundesliga until 1992 at VSC 1862 Donauwörth . Then she moved to SG Marßel Bremen, where she could not be used due to pregnancy. In 1999 she founded a table tennis school ( Cao Yanhua table tennis school ) in Shanghai .
Cao Yanhua is married to Shi Zhihao (team world champion 1981).
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | competition | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHN | Asian Championship ATTU | 1982 | Jakarta | INA | gold | gold | Semifinals | 1 |
| CHN | Asian Championship ATTU | 1978 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | gold | Semifinals | 1 | |
| CHN | Asian Cup | 1983 | Wuxi | CHN | gold | |||
| CHN | Asian Games | 1982 | New Delhi | IND | gold | gold | gold | 1 |
| CHN | Asian Games | 1978 | Bangkok | THA | Semifinals | 1 | ||
| CHN | World Championship | 1985 | Gothenburg | SWE | gold | silver | gold | |
| CHN | World Championship | 1983 | Tokyo | JPN | gold | Semifinals | Semifinals | 1 |
| CHN | World Championship | 1981 | Novi Sad | YUG | silver | gold | Quarter finals | 1 |
| CHN | World Championship | 1979 | Pyongyang | PRK | last 32 | Quarter finals | last 32 | 1 |
Web links
- Biography (accessed August 7, 2011)
Individual evidence
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1988/8 p. 16
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1990/1 p. 46
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1986/9 p. 24
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1987/6 p. 12
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1992/9 p. 15
- ↑ ITTF statistics ( memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 4, 2011)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cao, Yanhua |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | chinese table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1962 |