Tong Ling

Tong Ling ( Chinese  童 玲 , Pinyin Tóng Líng ; born July 13, 1962 ) is a former Chinese table tennis player . She was one of the world's best players in the 1980s and won the World Cup four times .

Tong Ling is a defensive player and plays in shakehand style. She has been nominated four times for world championships . In 1981 she became world champion in singles and with the Chinese team. However, insiders suspect that the final win over favorite Cao Yanhua was ordered by the Chinese management by the stable. She defended the team title in 1983 and 1985 . In 1981 she won silver in doubles with Pu Qijuan and in mixed with Chen Xinhua . Also in 1983 she reached the final in mixed with the same partner. Until 1986 she was part of the Chinese national team.

In 1988 Tong Ling came to Germany and joined the Bundesliga club TSG Dülmen . With this team she won the European ETTU Cup in 1990/91 . In 1992 she married a Chinese man and moved to Australia.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
CHN	Asian Championship ATTU	1982	Jakarta	INA	silver	silver	gold	1
CHN	Asian Championship ATTU	1980	Calcutta	IND	Semifinals	Semifinals		1
CHN	Asian Cup	1984	New Delhi	IND	1
CHN	Asian Cup	1983	Wuxi	CHN	2
CHN	Asian Games	1982	New Delhi	IND	silver	silver	silver	1
CHN	World Championship	1985	Gothenburg	SWE	Quarter finals	Semifinals	Semifinals	1
CHN	World Championship	1983	Tokyo	JPN	Quarter finals	Semifinals	silver	1
CHN	World Championship	1981	Novi Sad	YUG	gold	silver	silver	1
CHN	World Championship	1979	Pyongyang	PRK	Semifinals	Quarter finals	last 16

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} magazine DTS 1988/6 p. 8
2. ↑ Tim Boggan in WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1971--2001 (accessed April 27, 2019)
3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1990/1 page 46
4. ↑ DTS magazine 1992/3 page 42
5. ↑ ITTF table of results (accessed April 27, 2019)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Tong is the family name here, Ling is the first name.