Ding Yaping (born in 1967), not to be confused with

Deng Yaping Deng Yaping (; born February 5, 1973) is a Chinese table tennis player, who won eighteen world championships including four Olympic championships between 1989 and 1997. She is regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. ...

, is a female

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and

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former international

table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...

player. She won

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's at the

1989 World Table Tennis Championships The 1989 World Table tennis, Table Tennis Championships were held in Dortmund from March 29 to April 9, 1989. Results Team Individual References External linksITTF Museum
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and the

1991 World Table Tennis Championships The 1991 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Chiba (city), Chiba from April 24 to May 6, 1991. North Korea and South Korea fielded a unified team under the name Korea (コリア ''Koria''), the first of all Unified Korean sporting teams ...

in the women's doubles with Li Jun. She later represented

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German female table tennis players Living people 1967 births Chinese female table tennis players Naturalised table tennis players Sportspeople from Ningbo Table tennis players from Zhejiang World Table Tennis Championships medalists 20th-century German sportswomen {{Germany-tabletennis-bio-stub

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