Qiao Hong (simplified Chinese: 乔红; traditional Chinese: 喬紅; pinyin: Qiáo Hóng; born November 21, 1968, in Wuhan, Hubei) is a former female Chinese table tennis player. She is now the coach of the women's national table tennis team and a member of the Chinese Olympic Committee.
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Full name | Qiao Hong | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | China | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Wuhan, Hubei, China | 21 November 1968|||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Table tennis career
editShe won four Olympic medals including two gold medals. Her ten World Championship medals[1] [2] included five gold medals.[3]
She was ranked second by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) for a long time, Qiao Hong and long-time world No. 1 Deng Yaping formed one of the most feared double combos. She joined ITTF Hall of Fame in 2005.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
External links
edit- Chinese Olympic Committee profile
- International Table Tennis Federation profile
- Liu Guoliang, Zhang Yining inducted into ITTF's Hall of Fame