Ding Ning

{{Infobox table tennis player

| name = Ding Ning

| image = Mondial Ping -Women's Singles - Quarterfinal - Ding Ning-Ri Myong Sun - 17.jpg

| image_size = 270px

| caption = Ding Ning in 2013

| nickname = The Queen of Hearts{{cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/2019/07/08/ding-ning-upswing/|title=Ding Ning: On the upswing down under|date=9 July 2019|work=ittf.com|access-date=26 October 2019}}

| nationality = Chinese

| playingstyle = Left-handed, shakehand grip

| equipment =

| hrank = 1 (March 2019)

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|06|20}}

| birth_place = Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

| height = 1.71 m{{cite web |title=Athlete's Profile |url=http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5108525&lang=en |work=2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee |access-date=4 October 2014 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003030933/http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5108525&lang=en |archive-date=3 October 2014 }}

| weight = 63 kg

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|Olympic Games|3|1|0

|World Championships|8|5|3

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Ding Ning ({{zh|s=丁宁|p=Dīng Níng}}; born 20 June 1990) is a former Chinese table tennis player.{{cite web |url=http://www.ittf.com/biography/biography_web_details.asp?Player_ID=102265 |title=ITTF players' profiles |publisher=International Table Tennis Federation |access-date=7 August 2010}} She was the winner of women's singles in the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships.

At the 2015 World Table Tennis Championships, Ding won her second world title in women's singles by defeating her compatriot Liu Shiwen 4–3 in the final. At the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships in Düsseldorf Ding defeated Zhu Yuling 4–2 in the final, becoming World Champion for the third time. She won the women's table tennis singles gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she beat compatriot Li Xiaoxia in the women's singles final. She previously won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event in which she also faced Li Xiaoxia but lost after receiving several penalty points from the umpire.{{cite web |url= https://nationalpost.com/sports/olympics/london-2012-table-tennis-final-ends-in-tears-as-umpire-ruins-olympic-dream|title= London 2012 Table Tennis final ends in tears as umpire 'ruins Olympic dream'|author= |date= August 2, 2012|website= National Post|access-date= October 26, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2012/08/03/2003539321 |title=London 2012 Olympics: China's Li claims gold as Ding sobs |date= August 3, 2012|website=Taipei Times}} She was part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/ding-ning-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417212645/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/ding-ning-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17|title=Ding Ning Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-18}} She is one of the most successful female table tennis players (alongside Li Xiaoxia, Deng Yaping, Wang Nan, Zhang Yining) having won the gold medal in each of the Table Tennis World Cup, the Table Tennis World Championships, and the Olympic Games.

She is currently retired, and studying in Peking University for a master's degree in Physical Education. Ding officially announced her retirement in September 2021.{{Cite web|date=2021-09-06|title=Table Tennis Stars React to Ding Ning's Retirement|url=https://pingsunday.com/ding-ning-announced-her-retirement-officially/|access-date=2023-01-20|website=pingsunday.com|language=en-US}}

File:Rio 2016 - Women's table tennis quarter finals (28715927833).jpg

Career records

;Singles (as of 2016){{cite web |url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=9427 |title=ITTF Statistics |publisher=International Table Tennis Federation |access-date=4 August 2011}}

World Championships: Winner (2011, 2015, 2017)
World Cup: Winner (2011,2014, 2018).
Pro Tour Winner (11): Kuwait Open (2009); English, UAE, Austrian Open (2011); Slovenian, Polish Open (2012); Austrian, Qatar, Russian Open (2013); China Open (2014); Korea, China Open (2016); China Open (2017)
Runner-up (4): German Open (2010); Qatar, Harmony China Open (2011); KRA Korea Open (2012); Kuwait, China, Polish Open (2015); Kuwait, Qatar, Japan Open (2016).
Pro Tour Grand Finals Winner (1): Lisbon, Portugal (2015)
appearances: 4. Record: runner-up (2009, 11,12,13).
Asian Championships: winner (2009).
Asian Cup: Winner (2014); 2nd (2010); 3rd (2009).
World Junior Championships: winner (2005).
Olympics: Silver Medal (2012), Gold Medal (2016)

;Women's Doubles

World Championships: winner (2017), runner-up (2009, 2011,2013,2015).
Pro Tour Winner (18): Danish, China (Tianjin) Open (2009); Qatar Open (2010); Austrian Open (2011); Hungarian, Slovenian, KRA Korea Open (2012); Austrian, Kuwait, Qatar, Russian Open (2013); China Open (2014); Kuwait, Polish Open (2015); Kuwait, Qatar, Japan, Korean Open (2016); China Open (2017)
Runner-up (8): China (Nanjing) Open 2007; Qatar Open (2009); Kuwait, German, China Open (2010); English, Qatar, Harmony China Open (2011); China Open (2012,16)
Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 3. Record: winner (2009,2013,2015).
Asian Games: runner-up (2010).
Asian Championships: winner (2009).
China National Games: winner (2017).{{cite web|title=Ding Ning defeats long time rival for title|date=8 September 2017 |url=https://www.ittf.com/2017/09/08/ding-ning-defeats-longtime-rival-title/|publisher=ITTF|access-date=17 November 2017}}

;Mixed Doubles