Yang Yi
Chinese para table tennis player
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| Intro | Chinese para table tennis player | |
| Places | China | |
| is | Athlete Table tennis player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 1952 | |
| Age | 73 years |
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Yang Yi (Chinese: 杨毅, born 1952) is a Chinese retired para table tennis player. She won a gold, a silver, and a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Paralympics.
Yang Yi was disabled by polio at age 3. As an adult, her right leg is shorter than her left leg by 5 cm and much thinner. She began playing table tennis seriously in 1986, after her marriage in 1982 and the birth of her son in 1983.