Distinguished is level 3 of 4 in the China Hall of Fame: sustained excellence over a career, widely honoured at home. See how the levels work.
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A table tennis player who won four Olympic gold medals and was ranked world number one for several years in the 1990s.
Only about 1.5 metres tall, Deng Yaping was at first told she was too short for the national team. She won singles and doubles gold at both the 1992 and 1996 Olympics and eighteen world titles in all.
After retiring she studied at Tsinghua, Nottingham and Cambridge and served on the International Olympic Committee's athletes' commission.
After retiring she studied at Tsinghua, Nottingham and Cambridge and served on the International Olympic Committee's athletes' commission.
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