Which nationality did Deng Yaping join?

Deng Yaping became a Chinese national.

Deng Yaping, born on February 6, 1973 in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, native of Xinning County, Shaoyang City, Hunan Province, Chinese nationality, former Chinese women's table tennis team player, world champion, Olympic champion, table tennis great The winner is now the founder of Henan Deng Yaping Sports Industry Investment Fund. When she was 5 years old, Deng Yaping started playing table tennis. In 1988, she officially entered the national team. In 1989, Deng Yaping, who was only 16 years old, participated in the World Table Tennis Championships for the first time and won the women's doubles championship.

On June 9, 2016, Deng Yaping announced her resignation as deputy secretary-general of the People's Daily. She will join forces with Yu Minhong to build the first domestic sports industry innovation and entrepreneurship platform. In 2016, Deng Yaping moved to the business world to serve as a venture capital judge for the "Maker Heroes Club". On October 29, 2016, with the approval of the Henan Provincial People's Government, Henan Deng Yaping Sports Industry Investment Fund was officially established in Henan Province. This is China's first sports industry fund named after a famous athlete.

Deng Yaping's sports career

On May 23, 1990, Deng Yaping cooperated with Qiao Hong, Gao Jun, and Chen Zihe to win the 1st Table Tennis World Cup Women's Team Championship. On May 6, 1991, in the women's singles final of the 41st World Table Tennis Championships, 18-year-old Deng Yaping eliminated Li Fenji with a 3-0 record in just 45 minutes and won the world women's singles championship in one fell swoop. Laurel crown. In September of the same year, Deng Yaping won again in the "Samaranch Cup" International Table Tennis Championships held in Matsumoto Prefecture, Japan.

In the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Deng Yaping once again won two gold medals in women's singles and doubles. During this period, Deng Yaping ranked first in the world's women's table tennis for 8 consecutive years. From the late 1980s to the late 1990s, Deng Yaping dominated the singles and doubles championships in almost all major events. The media called this period the "Deng Yaping Era" of table tennis.