Cao Ningning (Chinese: 曹宁宁, born November 20, 1987^[5]) 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.^[6][2]

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Cao Ningning
Cao at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Born	(1987-11-20) November 20, 1987 (age 36) Pizhou, Jiangsu, China[1]
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)[3]
Table tennis career
Playing style	Right-handed shakehand grip
Disability class	5 (formerly 4)
Highest ranking	1 (January 2012)[4]
Current ranking	2 (February 2020)
Medal record Men's para table tennis Representing  China Paralympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Singles C5 2012 London Teams C4–5 2012 London Singles C5 World Championships 2014 Beijing Teams C5 2018 Lasko Singles C5 Asian Para Games 2010 Guangzhou Singles C4 2014 Incheon Teams C5 2018 Jakarta Singles C5 2010 Guangzhou Teams C4–5 2018 Jakarta Teams C4–5 2022 Hangzhou Singles C5 FESPIC Games 2006 Kuala Lumpur Singles C4 2006 Kuala Lumpur Teams C5 Asian Championships 2007 Seoul Open singles in wheelchair 2007 Seoul Teams C5 2011 Hong Kong Singles C5 2013 Beijing Singles C5 2013 Beijing Teams C5 2015 Amman Singles C5 2015 Amman Teams C5 2017 Beijing Teams C5 2019 Taichung Singles C5 2007 Seoul Singles C4-5 2011 Hong Kong Teams C5 2017 Beijing Singles C5 2019 Taichung Teams C5 2005 Kuala Lumpur Open singles standing 2005 Kuala Lumpur Teams C5 FESPIC Championships 2003 Shanghai Teams C5

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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]