Zhu Yuling

Zhu Yuling
Personal information
Nationality  China
Born (1995-01-10) January 10, 1995
Zhuhai
Playing style Right-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking 2 (December 2015)[1]
Current ranking 3 (August 2016)
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 12 in)[2]
Weight 56 kg (123 lb; 8.8 st)[2]
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhu.

Zhu Yuling (Chinese: 朱雨伶; born 10 January 1995) is a Chinese table tennis player.[3]

Life

She was born in Zhuhai in 1995 and played table tennis from the age of 5 as it occupied her when she was ill. At nine years old she and her mother moved so that she could train and she made the provincial team when she was twelve. She made the national team when she was fifteen. In addition to her academic studies she trains ? hours a day leaving little time for her family.[4]

She is the two-time winner of the World Junior Table Tennis Championships in girl's singles.[5] Semi-finalist at the 2013 World Table Tennis Championships.

She was a reserve player at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.[4]

References

  1. "World ranking Record for ZHU Yuling (CHN)". ITTF. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Athlete's Profile". 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on October 3, 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. "WJTTC Girls' Singles Entries" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
  4. 1 2 Zhu Yuling: China's Rising Table Tennis Star, November 2016, Yang Liang, WomenofChina, Retrieved 7 November 2016
  5. "ZHU Yuling (CHN)". ITTF. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
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