Yang Yi (table tennis)

Yang Yi (Chinese: 杨毅, born 1952[3]) is a Chinese retired para table tennis player. She won a gold, a silver, and a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Paralympics.[4]

Yang Yi
Born1952 (age 70–71)
Liuzhou,[1][2] Guangxi, China
Medal record
Women's para table tennis
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place1992 BarcelonaTeams TT10
Silver medal – second place1992 BarcelonaSingles TT9
Bronze medal – third place1992 BarcelonaOpen singles TT6–10
FESPIC Games[1]
Gold medal – first place1989 KobeTeams TT10
Gold medal – first place1994 BeijingTeams TT10
Silver medal – second place1989 KobeSingles TT9
Silver medal – second place1994 BeijingSingles TT10
Yang Yi
Traditional Chinese楊毅
Simplified Chinese杨毅
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

Yang Yi was disabled by polio at age 3. As an adult, her right leg is shorter than her left leg by 5 cm and much thinner. She began playing table tennis seriously in 1986, after her marriage in 1982 and the birth of her son in 1983.[3]

References
  1. "柳州历史上的今天" (PDF). Government of Liuzhou (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  2. "南宁市火炬手完全名单及简介". Sohu (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  3. Liu Changshan (刘常山); Liang Wenxiang (梁文翔) (1997). "40岁圆了奥运金牌梦". New Youth (新青年) (in Chinese) (8): 10–12 – via CNKI.
  4. "Yi Yang". Paralympic Games. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
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