Zhang Li (table tennis) explained

Zhang Li (Chang Li)
Birth Date:	3 May 1951
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Zhang Li (; 3 May 1951^[1] – 13 February 2019) was a female international table tennis player from China.^[2]

Table tennis career

From 1973 to 1979 she won ten medals in the World Table Tennis Championships and several medals in the Asian Table Tennis Championships.^[3]

The ten World Championship medals^[4] included four gold medals; one in the singles at the 1979 World Table Tennis Championships with Zhang Deying^[5] and three more in the Corbillon Cup (team event) for China.^{[6] [7]}

Personal life

After retiring from competition, Zhang and her husband Li Zhenshi moved to the US, where they directed the World Champions Table Tennis Academy in San Jose, California.^[8] She died on 13 February 2019.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Zhang Li. Dahe Daily. June 12, 2011. August 8, 2012. zh.
2. Web site: Profile. Table Tennis Guide.
3. Web site: ITTF_Database . 2011-05-06 . 2012-10-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121016155313/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=8050 . dead .
4. Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123.
5. Web site: Women's singles results. https://web.archive.org/web/20120412005823/http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChWSingles.pdf. dead. 2012-04-12. International Table Tennis Federation.
6. Book: Montague, Trevor. A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. 2004. The Bath Press. 0-316-72645-1.
7. Book: Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. 1987. Guinness Superlatives. 0-85112-492-5. registration.
8. Web site: World Champions Table Tennis Academy Coaching Team. www.butterflyonline.com. 18 February 2019.
9. Web site: Standing alongside the greatest of all, Zhang Li passes away . 2019-02-17 . International Table Tennis Federation . en-GB . 2019-02-18.