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中国奥运名人：邓亚萍YapingDeng

来源：育路外语考试频道发布时间：2008-07-29

　Atlanta, Georgia World Congress Center, 31 July 1996, Games of the XXVI Olympiad: Yaping DENG of China in action during the table tennis final against Jing CHEN of Chinese Taipei. Yaping DENG went on to win the gold medal. Credit: Getty Images/Rick Stewart
　　邓亚萍（YAPING DENG）（乒乓球中国）
　　最矮的巨人
　　生日：1973年2月6日
　　出生地：郑州，中国
　　国籍: 中国
　　项目: 乒乓球
　　参加奥运会时间：
　　 1992年西班牙巴塞罗那夏季奥运会
　　 1996年美国亚特兰大夏季奥运会
　　奥运成绩:
　　金牌 4枚
　　其他成绩:
　　世界锦标赛
　　金牌9枚 1989年1991年1993年1995年1997年
　　银牌5枚 1991年1993年1995年1997年
　　邓亚萍乒乓球运动生涯的最大障碍不是她的对手，而是她的身高：9岁的时候，她获得了全省少年比赛的冠军，但她被省队拒绝，因为她太矮了；1988年，15岁的她获得了全国比赛的冠军，但仍被国家队拒绝，因为她太矮了。直到1989年，国家队的教练才给她机会，这时，邓亚萍已经16岁了，但这一年，她和乔红搭档，并获得世界锦标赛乒乓球女双的冠军。1991年，身高只有1.49米的邓亚萍击败朝鲜对手获得世界锦标赛的女子单打冠军。1992年西班牙巴塞罗那夏季奥运会上，邓亚萍和乔红搭档获得双打比赛的金牌。两天后，她们就作为对手在单打半决赛中相遇，最终邓亚萍赢得了个人的第二枚奥运会金牌。1996年美国亚特兰大夏季奥运会，邓亚萍和乔红再次搭档，成功卫冕女子双打冠军。两天后，邓亚萍再次在女子单打决赛中折桂，获得个人的第四枚奥运会金牌
　　邓亚萍是惟一蝉联奥运会乒乓球金牌的运动员，也是惟一一位获得4枚金牌的乒乓球运动员。1997年退役后，邓亚萍到大学学习，并在2002年进入在国际奥委会工作。目前邓亚萍在北京奥运会组织委员会工作。

Born: 6 February 1973
　　 Birthplace: Zhengzhou (China)
　　 Nationality: China
　　 Sport: Table Tennis
　　 ATTENDANCE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES
　　 Barcelona 1992
　　 Atlanta 1996
　　 AWARDS
　　 Olympic medals:
　　 Gold: 4
　　 Other results:
　　 World Championships
　　 Gold: 9 (89, 91, 93, 95, 97)
　　 Silver: 5 (91, 93, 95, 97)
　　 The smallest giant
　　 The biggest obstacle in Deng Yaping's Table Tennis career was not her opponents, but her height. When she was 9 years old she won a provincial junior championship but was denied a place on the provincial team because she was too short. In 1988, when she was 13 years old, Deng won the national championship, but was refused a spot on the national team because she was too short. The national coaching staff finally gave in and, in 1989, Deng, still only 16 years old, teamed with Qiao Hong to win the doubles title at the world championships. In 1991, by which time she had topped out at 1.49 meters tall, Deng defeated Li Bun-hui of North Korea to win the singles world championship.
　　 At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Deng and Qiao won the doubles title. In the final they beat their Chinese teammates, Chen Zihe and Gao Jun 21-13, 14-21, 21-14, 21-19. Two days later, Deng and Qiao faced each other in the singles final. Deng won the first two games easily, 21-6 and 21-8. Then Qiao caught fire and won the next game 21-15 and was leading game four 19-17, when Deng regained control and won 23-21 to earn her second gold medal. Deng and Qiao successfully defended their doubles title in 1996, but not without difficulty. In the quarterfinals they received a stiff challenge from Chen Jing (former Chinese player) and Chen Chiu-Tan from Chinese Taipei. The Chens took the first game 21-18, but Deng and Qiao won the next two 21-16 and 21-19. In the fourth game, Chen and Chen staved off a match point before winning 24-22. In the fifth game it was Deng and Qiao who fought off two match points and then went on to win 23-21. After a slow start, Deng and Qiao won 18-21, 25-23, 22-20, 21-14. Two days later, Deng played the final against Chen Jing, who had won the 1988 Olympic gold medal. Deng won the first two games 21-14 and 21-17. Chen came back to take games three and four 22-20 and 21-17. In the fifth game, Deng broke open a 2-2 tie by scoring nine straight points and Chen was never able to recover. Deng won 21-5 and earned her fourth gold medal.
　　 An early retirement from sport in 1996 did not prevent her from getting involved with the Olympic Movement. In 1997, the ex-table tennis player was elected to the International Olympic Committee’s Athletes’ Commission. In 2001, she also joined the Sport and Environment Commission, the body responsible for ensuring respect for the environment in the framework of the Games and encouraging sustainable development. Finally, during Beijing’s candidature to organise the 2008 Games, she was an official IOC delegate.
　　 Yaping Deng has marked women’s table tennis and continues to work for the Olympic ideal. Her compatriots made the right choice: in 2003, she was elected Chinese Athlete of the Century.