Cao Ningning
Appearance
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![]() Cao at the 2016 Summer Paralympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Pizhou, Jiangsu, China[1] | November 20, 1987|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing style | Right-handed shakehand grip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | 5 (formerly 4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 1 (January 2012)[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 2 (February 2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Traditional Chinese | 曹寧寧 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 曹宁宁 | ||||||
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Cao Ningning (Chinese: 曹宁宁, born November 20, 1987[5]) is a Chinese para table tennis player. He won a gold and a silver at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[6][2]
Like many of his teammates, Cao was a polio survivor from Pizhou who attended New Hope Center as a child. That's where coach Heng Xin developed him into a star.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Cao Ningning is married to South Korean para table tennis player Moon Sung Hye. They met for the first time in 2007, and fell in love in 2011.[8] The couple wed in 2013 and have 3 daughters together.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Marshall, Ian (27 August 2017). "Prominent names make intentions clear". ITTF.com. International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Cao Ningning - profile". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. 25 October 2019. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019.
- ^ "Cao Ningning". ipc.infostradasports.com. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Cao Ningning - ranking history". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ "CAO Ningning - 2016 Summer Paralympics". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ "Ningning Cao". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Gan Hansheng (14 October 2016). "给梦插上翅膀——记国家残疾人乒乓球队教练衡新". China Internet Information Center (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "장애도 국경도 나이차도 넘은 '핑퐁사랑'". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). 9 September 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ "曹宁宁:乒乓球改变了我的人生". People's Daily (in Chinese). 8 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
External links
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Categories:
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Chinese male table tennis players
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for China
- Paralympic silver medalists for China
- Paralympic table tennis players for China
- Paralympic medalists in table tennis
- Sportspeople from Pizhou
- FESPIC Games competitors
- 21st-century Chinese sportspeople
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Para Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games
- Polio survivors
- Chinese Paralympic medalist stubs
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