Zhang Yining (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Zhang Yining is a female Chinese table tennis player.As of August 2008, she is ranked #1 in the ITTF rankings, in both women's singles and women's doubles. She has held the ITTF #1 ranking continuously since January 2003 and remains a dominant figure in women's table tennis. With 4 Olympic gold medals, 9 World Championships, and 4 World Cup wins, she is considered to be one of the most successful female table tennis players in history. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she was often referred to by commentators as "The Yellow Beast" denoting her dominance in the sport. She uses a specially made Zhang Yining ZLC for her blade made by butterfly, and tenergy 05 for forehand and tenergy 64 for her backhand.Zhang is a graduate from Beijing Shichahai Sports School, where Li Jiawei of Singapore studied as well.