Ding Ning

Ding Ning
Ding Ning in 2013
Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1990-06-20) 20 June 1990 Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb; 9.9 st)
Table tennis career
Playing style	Left-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking	1
Current ranking	1 (November 2016)
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Singles 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2012 London Team 2012 London Singles World Championships 2011 Rotterdam Singles 2012 Dortmund Team 2014 Tokyo Team 2015 Suzhou Singles 2016 Kuala Lumpur Team 2009 Yokohama Doubles 2010 Moscow Team 2011 Rotterdam Doubles 2013 Paris Doubles 2015 Suzhou Doubles 2013 Paris Singles World Cup 2009 Linz Team 2010 Dubai Team 2011 Singapore Singles 2011 Magdeburg Team 2013 Guangzhou Team 2014 Linz Singles 2015 Dubai Team

Ding Ning (simplified Chinese: 丁宁; traditional Chinese: 丁寧; pinyin: Dīng Níng; born 20 June 1990) is a Chinese table tennis player. She was the winner of women's singles in the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships. At the 2015 World Table Tennis Championships, Ding Ning won her second world title in women's singles by defeating her compatriot Liu Shiwen 4-3 in the final. She won the women's table tennis singles gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Rio Olympics where she beat compatriot Li Xiaoxia in the women's singles final.

Ding Ning at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Career records

Singles (as of 2016)

• World Championships: Winner (2011,15)
• World Cup: Winner (2011,14).
• Pro Tour Winner: Kuwait Open (2009); English, UAE, Austrian Open (2011); Slovenian, Polish Open (2012); Austrian, Qatar, Russian Open (2013); China Open (2014); Korea, China Open (2016).
  Runner-up (4): German Open (2010); Qatar, Harmony China <Suzhou> Open (2011); KRA Korea Open (2012); Kuwait, China, Polish Open (2015); Kuwait, Qatar, Japan Open (2016).
• Pro Tour Grand Finals Winner (1): Lisbon, Portugal (2015)
  appearances: 4. Record: runner-up (2009, 11,12,13).
• Asian Championships: winner (2009).
• Asian Cup: Winner (2014); 2nd (2010); 3rd (2009).
• World Junior Championships: winner (2005).
• Olympics : Silver Medal (2012), Gold Medal (2016)

Women's Doubles

• World Championships: runner-up (2009, 11,13,15).
• Pro Tour Winner (6): Danish, China (Tianjin) Open (2009); Qatar Open (2010); Austrian Open (2011); Hungarian, Slovenian, KRA Korea Open (2012); Austrian, Kuwait, Qatar, Russian Open (2013); China Open (2014); Kuwait, Polish Open (2015); Kuwait, Qatar, Japan, Korean Open (2016)
  Runner-up (8): China (Nanjing) Open 2007; Qatar Open (2009); Kuwait, German, China Open (2010); English, Qatar, Harmony China <Suzhou> Open (2011); China Open (2012,16)
• Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 3. Record: winner (2009,2013,2015).
• Asian Games: runner-up (2010).
• Asian Championships: winner (2009).

Mixed Doubles

• World Championships: round of 16 (2007).
• Asian Games: quarterfinal (2010)
• Asian Championships: runner-up (2009).
• Chinese National Games: Winner (2013)

Team

• World Championships: 1st (2012,2014,2016) ; 2nd (2010).
• World Team Cup: 1st (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015).
• Asian Games: 1st (2010,2014).
• Asian Championships: 1st (2009, 2012, 2013,2015).

Olympic 2012

• (Byes up to Round 3 as Ranked 1)
• Round 3: Beat Daniela Dodean 4–0.
• Round 4: Beat Jiang Huajun 4–1.
• QF: Beat Ai Fukuhara 4–0.
• SF: Beat Feng Tianwei 4–2.
• F : Lost Li Xiaoxia 1–4.

Olympic 2016

• (Byes up to Round 3 as Ranked 1)
• Round 3: Beat Elizabeta Samara 4–0.
• Round 4: Beat Doo Hoi Kem 4–0.
• QF: Beat Han Ying 4–0.
• SF: Beat Kim Song I 4–1.
• F : Beat Li Xiaoxia 4–3.