Yang Ying (table tennis, born 1953) should not be confused with Yang Ying (table tennis, born 1977).
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Birth Date: | 1953 |
Birth Place: | Dazu District, Sichuan (now Chongqing), China |
Show-Medals: | yes |
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S: | 杨莹 |
P: | Yáng Yíng |
Yang Ying (born 1953) is a retired Chinese international table tennis player.
She won the 1977 World Table Tennis Championships in women's doubles, partnering with North Korean player Pak Yong-ok.[1] [2] In the 1978 Asian Table Tennis Championships, she won a silver in women's singles and a gold in team competition. In the 1978 Asian Games, she won a bronze in women's doubles (partnering with Cao Yanhua) and a gold in team competition.
Later she played in Germany's Bundesliga for DSC Kaiserberg, helping the club win the 1980–1981 season as well as the 1981 ETTU Cup.
After retirement she coached the German club ATSV Saarbrücken, and is currently the head coach of the Saarland Table Tennis Association.