Zhang Yining

Successes 45th World Table Tennis Championships (1999) Women's Single Silver 45th World Table Tennis Championships (2000) Women's Team Gold 5th ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals (2000) Women's Single Gold 5th Table Tennis World Cup (2001) Women's Single Gold 46th World Table Tennis Championships (2001) Women's Team Gold 6th Table Tennis World Cup (2002) Women's Single Gold 7th ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals (2002) Women's Single Gold 47th World Table Tennis Championships (2003) Women's Single Silver, women's Double Gold 47th World Table Tennis Championships (2004) Women's Team Gold Games of the 28th Olympiad (2004) Table Tennis Women's Single Gold, women's Double Gold 8th Table Tennis World Cup (2004) Women's Single Gold 48th World Table Tennis Championships (2005) Women's Single Gold, women's Double Gold 10thNational Games of China (2005) Women's Team Gold, women's Single Gold 9th Table Tennis World Cup (2005) Women's Single Gold 10th ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals (2005) Women's Single Gold 48th World Table Tennis Championships (2006) Women's Team Gold 11th ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals (2006) Women's Single Gold 49th World Table Tennis Championships (2007) Women's Double Gold 11th Table Tennis World Cup (2007) Women's Team Gold 49th World Table Tennis Championships (2008) Women's Team Gold Games of the 29th Olympiad (2008) Table Tennis Women's Single Gold, women's Team Gold 50th World Table Tennis Championships (2009) Women's Single Gold

Olympic record

2008 Summer Olympics Women's Table Tennis Singles results Zhang participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, winning gold in both the women's singles and women's team competition. Zhang successfully defended her singles Olympic gold medal, defeating compatriot Wang Nan in the finals 8-11, 13–11, 11–8, 11–8, 11–3.

She was also the women's doubles gold medal winner at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

The following table shows the scores of the women's singles table tennis matches that Zhang Yining played during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games:

Round Result Opponent's country Opponent Score By match 1stBye 2ndBye 3rd W Victoria Pavlovich 4-0 11-7 11-2 11-7 11-5 4th W Fukuhara Ai 4-1 11-5 11-2 11-5 9-11 11-8 Quarters W Feng Tianwei 4-1 13-11 12-14 14-12 12-10 13-11 Semis W Li Jia Wei 4-1 9-11 11-8 12-10 11-8 11-5 Finals W Wang Nan 4-1 8-11 13-11 11-8 11-8 11-3

Click here to see further details regarding the 2008 Summer Olympics Table Tennis competition results.

2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony At the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Zhang took the Olympic Oath on behalf of all competitors at the Games.