121. Yaping Deng 鄧亞萍
Yaping Deng, a world champion in table-tennis, is a woman of 30 from Henan Province. At the age of 4, she learnt to play table-tennis under her father's instruction. When she was only 8 years old, she won the championship in the national competition of the amateur sports schools.
乒乓球世界冠軍鄧亞萍是一位來自湖南的30歲的姑娘,四歲起就在父親的指導下開始學打乒乓球,年近八歲的她就榮獲業(yè)余體校全國競賽的冠軍。
She entered the national Training Team in 1988. Since she was only 1.5 meters tall, she made great efforts to improve her foot-work. Her hard work proved that height didn't count for much.
1988年她進入國家集訓隊,由于她個子矮小,僅1.5米高,她刻苦訓練,改進腳底下的功夫。
She won gold medals one after another, the gold medals in the 11th Asian Games Table Tennis Competition, the 41st World Table Tennis championships and the 25th Olympic Games.
她的努力證明,個子的高矮并不能說明一切。鄧亞萍先后獲得第11屆亞乒賽冠軍、第41屆世乒賽、第25屆奧運會的冠軍。