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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雷丽娜
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLéi Lìnà
In this Chinese name, the family name is Lei.

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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