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邓亚萍
table-tennis
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Deng Yaping: Too Small to Fail — How China's Shortest Champion Reinvented the Game
The story of the Chinese table tennis player rejected for being 1.50m tall, who won four Olympic golds, reigned eight years as world No.1, earned a Cambridge PhD — and spent a lifetime outgrowing the measurement that was supposed to end her.
Medals
| Games | Event | Medal | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona 1992 | Women's doubles | gold | — |
| Barcelona 1992 | Women's singles | gold | — |
| Atlanta 1996 | Women's doubles | gold | — |
| Atlanta 1996 | Women's singles | gold | — |