Cao Ningning | |
Birth Date: | 20 November 1987 |
Birth Place: | Pizhou, Jiangsu, China[1] |
Playingstyle: | Right-handed shakehand grip |
Disability Class: | 5 (formerly 4) |
Highest Rank: | 1 (January 2012)[2] |
Current Rank: | 2 (February 2020) |
Height: | 170 cm |
Weight: | 55 kg[3] |
T: | 曹寧寧 |
P: | Cáo Níngníng |
Cao Ningning (born November 20, 1987[4]) is a Chinese para table tennis player. He won a gold and a silver at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[5] [6]
Like many of his teammates, Cao was a polio survivor from Pizhou who attended New Hope Center as a child. That's where coach Heng Xin developed him into a star.[7]
Cao Ningning is married to South Korean para table tennis player Moon Sung Hye. They met for the first time in 2007, and fell in love in 2011.[8] The couple wed in 2013 and have 3 daughters together.[9]