Lu Dong Explained

Lu Dong
Nickname:	Armless Mermaid
Birth Date:	19 December 1991
Birth Place:	Chaoyang
Classification:	S5/SB6/SM5
Club:	Liaoning Province
Coach:	Li Jianhui
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Lu Dong (born 19 December 1991) is a Chinese Paralympic swimmer, who won gold and silver medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She got 38.28 seconds on 50m butterfly. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics she won four gold medals with three world record. Lu lost both her arms after being hit by a motorist at age six.^[1]

Swimming career

During her career, Lu has received the May 1st Labour Medal, the May 4th Youth Medal and has been named a March 8 Red Banner Pacesetter in the People's Republic of China.^[1]

Major achievements:

WR: World Record

• 2012: Won gold at the 2012 Paralympics in London in the Women's 100 metre backstroke S6, and silver in the Women's 50m butterfly S6.^{[2] [3]}
• 2016: Won silver in the Women's 100 metre backstroke S6 at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics.^[4]
• 2021 Won Gold in the Mixed 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay 20pts alongside team members Zhang Li 36.22, Toe Zheng 1:06.70, Yuan Weiyi 1:38.08, Lu Dong 2:15.49 with comdined team WR 2:15.49 at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. Won Gold in the Women's 50 metre butterfly S5 with WR 39.54. Won Gold in the Women's 50 metre backstroke S5 with WR 37.18.^[5]

External links

• Feature: A tale of inspiration -- China's "armless mermaid" blows past limits
• Paralympic swimming champion plays video games with feet
• Chinese swimmer Lu Dong set to compete at 3rd Games | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming: LU Dong . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . . 27 August 2021 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210827015402/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1707418-lu-dong.htm . 27 August 2021.
2. Web site: Women's 100m Backstroke - S6 . London 2012 Paralympics . . 30 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120830013156/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/swimming/event/women-100m-backstroke-s6/phase=sww426900/index.html . 30 August 2012 . LU Dong.
3. Web site: Women's 50m Butterfly - S6 . London 2012 Paralympics . The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited . 21 August 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120914182210/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/swimming/event/women-50m-butterfly-s6/phase=sww200900/doc=results.html . 14 September 2012 . LU Dong.
4. Web site: Women's 100m Backstroke - S6 - Standings . Rio 2016 Paralympics . . 14 September 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160922212650/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/swimming-standings-sw-womens-100m-backstroke-s6 . 22 September 2016 . LU Dong.
5. Web site: Mixed 4x50m Freestyle - 20pts -Swimming - Final Results . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . 27 August 2021 . 26 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210826161010/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/swimming/results-mixed-4x50m-freestyle-relay-20-points-fnl-000100-.htm . dead.