Liang Lizhen

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Liang Lizhen ( Chinese  梁丽珍 , Pinyin Liáng Lízhēn ; * 1945 - † January 27, 2017 ) was a Chinese table tennis player . She won gold in the team competition of the 1965 World Cup .

Career

From 1961 to 1971, Liang Lizhen participated in at least four world championships . In 1961 she reached the semi-finals in doubles with Han Yu-Chen. She came just as far in the team competition in 1963 . She was most successful at the 1965 World Cup . Here she became world champion with the women's team. She also won bronze in doubles with Li Li and in mixed with Zhuang Zedong . Only in 1971 did she fail to win a medal.

In mid-1965 she was ranked 8th in the ITTF world rankings .

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
CHN World Championship 1971 Nagoya JPN last 32 last 64
CHN World Championship 1965 Ljubljana YUG Quarter finals Semifinals Semifinals gold
CHN World Championship 1963 Prague TCH Quarter finals Quarter finals last 64 Semifinals
CHN World Championship 1961 Beijing CHN last 16 Semifinals Quarter finals

Individual evidence

  1. Article with picture (accessed on February 17, 2019)
  2. World rankings 1947-2001 (accessed on February 17, 2019)

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