Zhang Li (table tennis player)

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Zhang Li , also Chang Li , ( Chinese  张立 , Pinyin Zhāng Lì ; born May 3, 1951 in Shandong , People's Republic of China ; † February 13, 2019 ) was a Chinese table tennis player . In the 1970s she won four world championships.

Career

In the 1970s, Zhang Li took part in all five world championships . She won the title with the Chinese women's team in 1975 , 1977 and 1979 . In 1979 she was also world champion in doubles with Zhang Deying . There are also three silver medals, namely in 1975 and 1977 in the individual, where she was defeated in the final by the North Korean Pak Yung-sun (on instructions she had to deliberately lose the final for political reasons), and in 1973 with the team. She won bronze in singles in 1973, mixed with Liang Geliang in 1975 and doubles with Ge Xinai in 1977 .

She was also successful several times at the Asian Championships . Here she won the title in 1974 in doubles with Zheng Huaiying, in 1976 in singles and in 1978 with the team. She failed three times in the final and twice in the semi-finals.

In the ITTF world rankings , Zhang Li was second from December 1974 to January 1979.

After the end of her active career, Zhang Li worked as a trainer, for example for Gao Jun .

family

Zhang Li was married to multiple world champion Li Zhenshi . With him she has the daughter Li Nan , who is also one of the world's best.

death

Zhang Li died on February 13, 2019 at 12:21 p.m. in California of complications from lung cancer, which she was diagnosed with in September 2015. Although Li did not smoke and eat healthily, she developed lung cancer from a genetic mutation.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
CHN Asian Championship ATTU 1978 Kuala Lumpur MAS Semifinals Semifinals silver 1
CHN Asian Championship ATTU 1976 Pyongyang PRK gold silver 2
CHN Asian Championship ATTU 1974 Yokohama JPN Quarter finals gold silver 2
CHN Asian Games 1978 Bangkok THA gold gold gold 1
CHN Asian Games 1974 Tehran IRI gold gold 1
CHN World Championship 1979 Pyongyang PRK Quarter finals gold Quarter finals 1
CHN World Championship 1977 Birmingham CLOSELY silver Semifinals last 16 1
CHN World Championship 1975 Calcutta IND silver last 16 Semifinals 1
CHN World Championship 1973 Sarajevo YUG Semifinals Quarter finals Quarter finals 2
CHN World Championship 1971 Nagoya JPN no participants last 32 last 16

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2013/6 p. 22
  2. ↑ Historical world rankings ( memento of March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 6, 2011; PDF; 148 kB)
  3. ↑ Tim Boggan : Gao Jun - USATT Hall of Fame Inductee (2009 ) (accessed November 29, 2015)
  4. ↑ SH: Stefan Feth is men's national coach of the USA , message from November 6, 2009 ( memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on November 2, 2012)
  5. ↑ Rest In Peace 4 × World Champion, Zhang Li. Retrieved February 19, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Zhang Li (table tennis player) Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 4, 2011)

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Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Zhang is the family name here, Li is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Zhang, Li
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chang Li (Wade Giles Romanization); 张立 (Chinese); Zhāng Lì (Pinyin Romanization)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION chinese table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Shandong
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 2019