Chen Fengqing Explained

Chen Fengqing
Birth Date:17 July 1985
Birth Place:Chengjiang,[1] Yunnan, China
Height:163 cm[2]
Weight:64 kg
Disability Class:B1[3] (formerly B2)

Chen Fengqing (born 17 July 1985[4]) is a Chinese goalball player. She won a silver medal at each of the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Paralympics.[5]

Chen's visual impairment was congenital.[2] Before she took on goalball in 2003,[6] Chen was doing farm work in her hometown.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 盲人门球场上的"忍者":在寂寞煎熬中执守信念. Yang Hongchuan. zh. Yunnan Daily. 12 September 2008. 25 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Chen Fengqing. International Paralympic Committee. 27 January 2020.
  3. Web site: Goalball Women Quarterfinal Start List. 2016 Summer Paralympics. 14 September 2016. 25 January 2020.
  4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20120910192840/http://www.london2012.com/externalparamodules/GB/pdf/GBW400101_C51.pdf. Goalball Women Gold Medal Match Start List. 10 September 2012. 2012 Summer Paralympics. 25 January 2020.
  5. Web site: Fengqing Chen. 25 January 2020. International Paralympic Committee.
  6. Web site: China's four-time Paralympian Chen fights for people standing behind her - People's Daily Online . 2024-06-06 . en.people.cn.
  7. Web site: 盲姑娘想找个"大眼睛"相伴一生. zh. Hong Huimin. Morning Express. 29 March 2010. 25 January 2020.