Yang Yi (table tennis)

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Yang Yi
Born1952 (age 71–72)
Liuzhou,[1][2] Guangxi, China
Medal record
Women's para table tennis
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Teams TT10
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Singles TT9
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona Open singles TT6–10
FESPIC Games[1]
Gold medal – first place 1989 Kobe Teams TT10
Gold medal – first place 1994 Beijing Teams TT10
Silver medal – second place 1989 Kobe Singles TT9
Silver medal – second place 1994 Beijing Singles TT10
Yang Yi
Traditional Chinese楊毅
Simplified Chinese杨毅
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

Yang Yi (Chinese: 杨毅, born 1952[3]) is a Chinese retired para table tennis player. She won a gold, a silver, and a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Paralympics.[4]

Yang Yi was disabled by polio at age 3. As an adult, her right leg is shorter than her left leg by 5 cm and much thinner. She began playing table tennis seriously in 1986, after her marriage in 1982 and the birth of her son in 1983.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "柳州历史上的今天" (PDF). Government of Liuzhou (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  2. ^ "南宁市火炬手完全名单及简介". Sohu (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b Liu Changshan (刘常山); Liang Wenxiang (梁文翔) (1997). "40岁圆了奥运金牌梦". New Youth (新青年) (in Chinese) (8): 10–12 – via CNKI.
  4. ^ "Yi Yang". Paralympic Games. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
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