Lei Lina

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Lei Lina
OAM
Personal information
ResidenceMelbourne, Australia (since 2017)
Born (1988-02-19) 19 February 1988 (age 36)
Lanzhou,[1] Gansu, China
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight58 kg (128 lb)[3]
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed shakehand grip
Disability class9
Highest ranking1 (October 2004)[4]
Current ranking1 (August 2024)
Medal record
Women's para table tennis
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Singles C9
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Doubles WD20
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team Class 9-10
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Singles C9
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Singles C6-10
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Teams C6–10
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Singles C9
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Teams C6–10
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Singles C9
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Teams C6–10
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Singles C9
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Singles C9
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Teams C6–10
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Taipei Open singles standing
Gold medal – first place 2002 Taipei Teams C6–9
Gold medal – first place 2006 Montreux Singles C9
Gold medal – first place 2006 Montreux Teams C9–10
Gold medal – first place 2014 Beijing Singles C9
Gold medal – first place 2014 Beijing Teams C9–10
Silver medal – second place 2022 Andalucia Singles C9
Gold medal – first place 2022 Seville Women's Doubles 20
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Seville Mixed Doubles 17
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Teams C9–10
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Singles C9–10
FESPIC Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Singles C7–10
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Open singles standing
Gold medal – first place 2006 Kuala Lumpur Singles C9–10
Gold medal – first place 2006 Kuala Lumpur Open singles standing
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Kuala Lumpur Open singles standing
Gold medal – first place 2007 Seoul Singles C9
Gold medal – first place 2011 Hong Kong Singles C9
Gold medal – first place 2015 Amman Teams C6–10
Silver medal – second place 2005 Kuala Lumpur Singles C9–10
Silver medal – second place 2007 Seoul Open singles standing
Silver medal – second place 2013 Beijing Singles C9
FESPIC Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Osaka Singles C6–10
Gold medal – first place 2001 Osaka Teams C6–10
Gold medal – first place 2003 Shanghai Open singles standing
Silver medal – second place 2001 Osaka Open singles standing
Silver medal – second place 2003 Shanghai Singles C8–10
Lei Lina
Traditional Chinese雷麗娜
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLéi Lìnà

Lei Lina OAM (Chinese: 雷丽娜, born 19 February 1988[5][6]) is a Chinese and Australian table tennis player who has a leg length difference of 6 cm.[1] Lei has won ten medals in five Paralympic Games, including six gold and four silver medals.[7] Representing Australia, she won two gold meda, a silver and bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and the 2024 Paris Paralympics.

Table tennis

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She began playing at age 7. She attended Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology.[3] Lei moved to Melbourne,[2] Australia in 2017 or later.[4] She also registered with Table Tennis Australia, and competed in the Australian Open during the 2019 ITTF World Tour (with able-bodied athletes), losing her only singles match 0–4 to South Korea's Shin Yu-bin.[8]

In 2020, Lei represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics where she won the gold medal in the Women's individual – Class 9 and the silver medal in the Women's Team Class 9–10.[9][10]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won the silver medal in the Women's singles C6–10.[11]

At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, she won a bronze medal in the Women's Singles 9 and the gold medal in the Women's Doubles 20 with Yang Qian.

Recognition

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  • 2020 - 2022 - Member of the Australian Table Table Tennis Team (Class 9–10) that was awarded 2020 Paralympics Australia Team of the Year [12]
  • 2022 – Medal of the Order of Australia for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 [13]

References

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  1. ^ a b "2012中国大学生年度人物候选人雷丽娜事迹". People's Daily (in Chinese). 11 April 2013. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Lei Li Na - profile". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Lei Lina". IPC.infostradasports.com. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ a b "Lei Li Na - ranking history". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Lei Lina - Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - Official Results Book". ipc-services.org. International Paralympic Committee. 19 September 2004.
  7. ^ "Lina Lei". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Lei Lina". ITTF. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Para-Table Tennis Squad's Tokyo Build-Up A 'Brilliant Example Of Teamwork' | Paralympics Australia". Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  10. ^ [0 "Na Lei Li"]. Tokyo Paralympics Official Results. 4 September 2021. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  11. ^ "2022 Commonwealth Games Results". Commonwealth Games Australia. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  12. ^ "De Rozario And Tudhope Earn Top Honours at Paralympics Australia Awards". Paralympics Australia. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Australia Day 2022 Honours List" (PDF). Governor-General of Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
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