Deng Yaping is described in the public record as Chinese table tennis player. Born in Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China, in 1973.
Deng Yaping (Chinese: 邓亚萍; pinyin: Dèng Yàpíng; 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. == Early life and education == Deng was born in Zhengzhou, Henan, on February 5, 1973. == Career == Deng began playing table tennis at age five, and four years later she won the provincial junior championship. She was age 13 when she won her first national championship. Despite her success, she was initially denied a spot on the national team because she was so short (she stood only 1.5 metres [4 feet 11 inches] tall). She was finally included on the national team in 1988. She teamed with Qiao Hong to win her first world championship title in the women's doubles competition in 1989. Two years later in 1991, Deng won her first singles world championship.
Deng Yaping is recorded among the figures by whom table tennis is remembered, and the surviving account of that career is the basis on which the reputation rests.
Table tennis is played at the shortest reaction distance in sport, and spin rather than speed decides most points at elite level.
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