Zhang Li (; 3 May 1951 – 13 February 2019) was a female international

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player from

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Table tennis career

From 1973 to 1979 she won ten medals in the

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and several medals in the

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. The ten World Championship medals included four

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s; one in the singles at the

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with Zhang Deying and three more in the Corbillon Cup (team event) for China.

Personal life

After retiring from competition, Zhang and her husband Li Zhenshi moved to the US, where they directed the World Champions Table Tennis Academy in

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. She died on 13 February 2019.

References

1951 births 2019 deaths Chinese female table tennis players Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 1974 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China People from Xinxiang Table tennis players from Henan {{PRChina-tabletennis-bio-stub