Zhu Yuling


Zhu Yuling is a Chinese table tennis player.

Career

She was born in Mianyang in 1995 and played table tennis from the age of 5 as it occupied her when she was ill. At nine years old she and her mother moved so that she could train and she made the provincial team when she was twelve. She made the national team when she was fifteen. In addition to her academic studies she trains 9 hours a day leaving little time for her family.
She is the two-time winner of the World Junior Table Tennis Championships in girls' singles. She was a semi-finalist at the 2013 World Table Tennis Championships.
She was a reserve player at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
2017 saw Zhu Yuling ascend to the world number one ranking after a thrilling 4–3 win against Liu Shiwen at the ITTF Women's World Cup in Markham, Ontario.

Achievements