DengYapingInternationallyfamoustabletennisplayer.TwiceelectedmemberoftheAthleteCommissionoftheIOC.Winnerof18worldchampions,includingfourOlympictitles.No.1women'stabletennisplayerforsevenconsecutiveyears.DengisstudyingatNotinghamUniversityinBritain.

　　DengYaping

　　Name：DengYaping

　　Gender：F

　　Height：1.50m

　　Weight：53kg

　　Dateofbirth：February5,1973

　　Placeofbirth：Zhengzhou,HenanProvince

　　Sport：Tabletennis

　　Sportscareer：

　　Startedplayingtabletennisattheageoffive.JoinedtheZhengzhoutabletennisteaminsteadoftheHenanprovincialteamforbeingtooshort.Winningboththeteamandsinglestitlesinanationaljuniortournamentat10,shewaslatertakenonbytheHenanprovincialteam.Joinedthenationalteamin1988.

　　Personalbest：

　　1992&1996OlympicGames-1stsingles&doubles

　　Highperformances：

　　1983NationalTournament-1stteam

　　1988NationalChampionships-1stdoubles,2ndsingles

　　1989WorldChampionships-1stdoubles

　　1991WorldChampionships-1stsingles

　　1992BarcelonaOlympicGames-1stsingles&doubles

　　1996AtlantaOlympicGames-1stsingles&doubles

　　Reputedasthe"TableTennisQueen"and"ShortGiantess"

　　Honours：

　　1988-AwardedthetitleofInternationalMasterofSports

　　TheonlyChinesedoublegoldmedalistinthe25thOlympicsandfour-goldmedalistinboththe25thand26thOlympics.PresentedthegoldmedalbyIOCPresidentofthetime,J.A.SamaranchinpersonatbothGames.

　　Atpresent：

　　StudiedinTsinghuaUniversity,CambridgeUniversityandNottinghamUniversityandattainedthedegreeofBachelorofEnglishandthedegreeofMasteroftheContemporaryEraofChina.WorkedasamemberoftheIOCEthicsCommissionandSportandEnvironmentCommissionin2002andnowmemberoftheIOCAthletesCommission,staffmemberoftheMarketingDepartmentoftheBeijingOrganizingComitteeforthe2008OlympicGames.