Liang Lizhen

Liang Lizhen (Chinese: 梁丽珍; 1945 – 27 January, 2017), also known as Liang Li-chen was a table tennis player from China.[1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liang.
Liang Lizhen (Liang Li-chen)
Nationality China
Born1945
Died27 January 2017(2017-01-27) (aged 71–72)
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  China
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1965 Ljubljana Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1965 Ljubljana Mixed
Gold medal – first place 1965 Ljubljana Team
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Prague Team
Bronze medal – third place 1961 Beijing Doubles

Table tennis career

From 1961 to 1965 she won five medals in doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[2]

In the 1961 World Table Tennis Championships she won a doubles bronze medal with Han Yuzhen.[3] Two years later she won another bronze at the 1963 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event) for China.[4]

Her finest moment came when during the 1965 World Table Tennis Championships she won three medals; a bronze in the mixed doubles with Zhuang Zedong, another bronze in the doubles with Li Henan and a gold medal in the Corbillon Cup with Li Henan, Lin Huiqing and Zheng Minzhi.[5][6][7]

References
  1. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  3. "Women's doubles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
  4. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  5. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  6. "List of Winners". All About Table Tennis.
  7. Matthews/Morrison, peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
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