Cao Yanhua (Tsao Yen-hua)
Nationality China
Born (1962-12-01) 1 December 1962 (age 61)
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  China
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1985 Gothenburg Singles
Silver medal – second place 1985 Gothenburg Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1985 Gothenburg Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1983 Tokyo Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Tokyo Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Tokyo Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1983 Tokyo Women's Team
Silver medal – second place 1981 Novi Sad Singles
Gold medal – first place 1981 Novi Sad Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1981 Novi Sad Women's Team
Gold medal – first place 1979 Pyongyang Women's Team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 1982 Jakarta Singles
Gold medal – first place 1982 Jakarta Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Jakarta Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1982 Jakarta Women's Team
Gold medal – first place 1978 Kuala Lumpur Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Kuala Lumpur Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1978 Kuala Lumpur Women's Team

Cao Yanhua (Chinese: 曹燕华; pinyin: Cáo Yànhuá) also Tsao Yen-hua is a Chinese former international table tennis player.

Career

From 1978 to 1985, Yanhua won many medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.[1]

The eleven World Championship medals[2][3] included seven gold medals; two in the singles at the 1983 World Table Tennis Championships and 1985 World Table Tennis Championships, three in the team, one in the mixed doubles with Cai Zhenhua and one in the women's doubles with Zhang Deying.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "CAO Yanhua (CHN)". ittf.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  4. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  5. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.


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