Ding Ning

Ding Ning (simplified Chinese: 丁宁; traditional Chinese: 丁寧; pinyin: Dīng Níng; born 20 June 1990) is a former Chinese table tennis player. She was the winner of women's singles in the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships.

Ding Ning
Ding Ning in 2013
Personal information
Nickname(s)The Queen of Hearts
NationalityChinese
Born (1990-06-20) 20 June 1990
Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking1 (March 2019)
Medal record
Women's Table Tennis
Representing  China
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 1 0
World Championships 8 5 3
World Cup 10 0 0
Total 21 6 3
Olympic Games
2012 LondonTeam
2016 Rio de JaneiroSingles
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
2012 LondonSingles
World Championships
2011 RotterdamSingles
2012 DortmundTeam
2014 TokyoTeam
2015 SuzhouSingles
2016 Kuala LumpurTeam
2017 DüsseldorfSingles
2017 DüsseldorfDoubles
2018 HalmstadTeam
2009 YokohamaDoubles
2010 MoscowTeam
2011 RotterdamDoubles
2013 ParisDoubles
2015 SuzhouDoubles
2013 ParisSingles
2019 BudapestSingles
2019 BudapestMixed doubles
World Cup
2009 LinzTeam
2010 DubaiTeam
2011 SingaporeSingles
2011 MagdeburgTeam
2013 GuangzhouTeam
2014 LinzSingles
2015 DubaiTeam
2018 LondonTeam
2018 ChengduSingles
2019 TokyoTeam

At the 2015 World Table Tennis Championships, Ding won her second world title in women's singles by defeating her compatriot Liu Shiwen 4–3 in the final. At the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships in Düsseldorf Ding defeated Zhu Yuling 4–2 in the final, becoming World Champion for the third time. She won the women's table tennis singles gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she beat compatriot Li Xiaoxia in the women's singles final. She previously won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event. She was part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. She is one of the most successful female table tennis players (alongside Li Xiaoxia, Deng Yaping, Wang Nan, Zhang Yining) having won the gold medal in each of the Table Tennis World Cup, the Table Tennis World Championships, and the Olympic Games.

She is currently retired, and studying in Peking University for a master's degree in Physical Education. Ding officially announced her retirement in September 2021.


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