Zhang Li (Chang Li)
Nationality China
Born3 May 1951
Died13 February 2019(2019-02-13) (aged 67)
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  China
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1979 Pyongyang Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1979 Pyongyang Team
Silver medal – second place 1977 Birmingham Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Birmingham Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1977 Birmingham Team
Silver medal – second place 1975 Calcutta Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Calcutta Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1975 Calcutta Team
Bronze medal – third place 1973 Sarajevo Singles
Silver medal – second place 1973 Sarajevo Team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Kuala Lumpur Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Kuala Lumpur Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1978 Kuala Lumpur Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1978 Kuala Lumpur Team
Gold medal – first place 1976 Pyongyang Singles
Silver medal – second place 1976 Pyongyang Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1976 Pyongyang Team
Gold medal – first place 1974 Yokohama Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1974 Yokohama Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1974 Yokohama Team

Zhang Li (Chinese: 张立; pinyin: Zhāng Lì; Wade–Giles: Chang Li; 3 May 1951[1] – 13 February 2019) was a female international table tennis player from China.[2]

Table tennis career

From 1973 to 1979 she won ten medals in the World Table Tennis Championships and several medals in the Asian Table Tennis Championships.[3]

The ten World Championship medals[4] included four gold medals; one in the singles at the 1979 World Table Tennis Championships with Zhang Deying[5] and three more in the Corbillon Cup (team event) for China.[6][7]

Personal life

After retiring from competition, Zhang and her husband Li Zhenshi moved to the US, where they directed the World Champions Table Tennis Academy in San Jose, California.[8] She died on 13 February 2019.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Zhang Li" (in Chinese). Dahe Daily. June 12, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
  2. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  3. ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  4. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  5. ^ "Women's singles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
  6. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  7. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  8. ^ "World Champions Table Tennis Academy Coaching Team". www.butterflyonline.com. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Standing alongside the greatest of all, Zhang Li passes away". International Table Tennis Federation. 2019-02-17. Retrieved 2019-02-18.


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