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Ding Ning in 2013
Personal information
Nickname(s)	The Queen of Hearts
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1990-06-20) 20 June 1990 (age 34) Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Playing style	Left-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking	1 (March 2019)
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Medal record Women's Table Tennis Representing  China Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 3 1 0 World Championships 8 5 3 World Cup 10 0 0 Olympic Games Gold 2012 London Team Gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro Singles Gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team Silver 2012 London Singles World Championships Gold 2011 Rotterdam Singles Gold 2012 Dortmund Team Gold 2014 Tokyo Team Gold 2015 Suzhou Singles Gold 2016 Kuala Lumpur Team Gold 2017 Düsseldorf Singles Gold 2017 Düsseldorf Doubles Gold 2018 Halmstad Team Silver 2009 Yokohama Doubles Silver 2010 Moscow Team Silver 2011 Rotterdam Doubles Silver 2013 Paris Doubles Silver 2015 Suzhou Doubles Bronze 2013 Paris Singles Bronze 2019 Budapest Singles Bronze 2019 Budapest Mixed doubles World Cup Gold 2009 Linz Team Gold 2010 Dubai Team Gold 2011 Singapore Singles Gold 2011 Magdeburg Team Gold 2013 Guangzhou Team Gold 2014 Linz Singles Gold 2015 Dubai Team Gold 2018 London Team Gold 2018 Chengdu Singles Gold 2019 Tokyo Team

Ding Ning (Chinese: 丁宁; pinyin: Dīng Níng; born 20 June 1990) is a former Chinese table tennis player. She was the winner of women's singles in the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships.

At the 2015 World Table Tennis Championships, Ding won her second world title in women's singles by defeating her compatriot Liu Shiwen 4–3 in the final. At the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships in Düsseldorf Ding defeated Zhu Yuling 4–2 in the final, becoming World Champion for the third time. She won the women's table tennis singles gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she beat compatriot Li Xiaoxia in the women's singles final. She previously won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event. She was part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. She is one of the most successful female table tennis players (alongside Li Xiaoxia, Deng Yaping, Wang Nan, Zhang Yining) having won the gold medal in each of the Table Tennis World Cup, the Table Tennis World Championships, and the Olympic Games.

She is currently retired, and studying in Peking University for a master's degree in Physical Education. Ding officially announced her retirement in September 2021.

Ding Ning at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Career records

Singles (as of 2016)

• World Championships: Winner (2011, 2015, 2017)
• World Cup: Winner (2011,2014, 2018).
• Pro Tour Winner (11): Kuwait Open (2009); English, UAE, Austrian Open (2011); Slovenian, Polish Open (2012); Austrian, Qatar, Russian Open (2013); China Open (2014); Korea, China Open (2016); China Open (2017)
  Runner-up (4): German Open (2010); Qatar, Harmony China <Suzhou> Open (2011); KRA Korea Open (2012); Kuwait, China, Polish Open (2015); Kuwait, Qatar, Japan Open (2016).
• Pro Tour Grand Finals Winner (1): Lisbon, Portugal (2015)
  appearances: 4. Record: runner-up (2009, 11,12,13).
• Asian Championships: winner (2009).
• Asian Cup: Winner (2014); 2nd (2010); 3rd (2009).
• World Junior Championships: winner (2005).
• Olympics : Silver Medal (2012), Gold Medal (2016)

Women's Doubles

• World Championships: winner (2017), runner-up (2009, 2011,2013,2015).
• Pro Tour Winner (18): Danish, China (Tianjin) Open (2009); Qatar Open (2010); Austrian Open (2011); Hungarian, Slovenian, KRA Korea Open (2012); Austrian, Kuwait, Qatar, Russian Open (2013); China Open (2014); Kuwait, Polish Open (2015); Kuwait, Qatar, Japan, Korean Open (2016); China Open (2017)
  Runner-up (8): China (Nanjing) Open 2007; Qatar Open (2009); Kuwait, German, China Open (2010); English, Qatar, Harmony China <Suzhou> Open (2011); China Open (2012,16)
• Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 3. Record: winner (2009,2013,2015).
• Asian Games: runner-up (2010).
• Asian Championships: winner (2009).
• China National Games: winner (2017).

Mixed Doubles

• World Championships: round of 16 (2007).
• Asian Games: quarterfinal (2010)
• Asian Championships: runner-up (2009).
• China National Games: Winner (2013)

Team

• World Championships: 1st (2012,2014,2016, 2018) ; 2nd (2010).
• World Team Cup: 1st (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018).
• Asian Games: 1st (2010,2014).
• Asian Championships: 1st (2009, 2012, 2013,2015).

Olympic 2012

• (Byes up to Round 3 as Ranked 1)
• Round 3: Beat Daniela Dodean 4–0.
• Round 4: Beat Jiang Huajun 4–1.
• QF: Beat Ai Fukuhara 4–0.
• SF: Beat Feng Tianwei 4–2.
• F : Lost Li Xiaoxia 1–4.

Olympic 2016

• (Byes up to Round 3 as Ranked 1)
• Round 3: Beat Elizabeta Samara 4–0.
• Round 4: Beat Doo Hoi Kem 4–0.
• QF: Beat Han Ying 4–0.
• SF: Beat Kim Song I 4–1.
• F : Beat Li Xiaoxia 4–3.

See also

In Spanish: Ding Ning para niños