Yang Yi (table tennis)

Yang Yi
Yang Yi
Traditional Chinese	楊毅
Simplified Chinese	杨毅
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yáng Yì

Yang Yi
Yang Yi
Born	1952 (age 71–72); Liuzhou, Guangxi, China
Medal record
Women's para table tennis
Representing China
Paralympic Games
FESPIC Games

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 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

^ ^a ^b "柳州历史上的今天" (PDF). Government of Liuzhou (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
^ "南宁市火炬手完全名单及简介". Sohu (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "Yi Yang". Paralympic Games. Retrieved 6 October 2020.

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[liuzhou-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.

[newyouth-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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