Fan Feifei Explained

Fan Feifei
Birth Date:1 September 1989
Birth Place:Shouguang,[1] Shandong, China
Disability Class:B3

Fan Feifei (born 1 September 1989[2]) is a Chinese retired goalball player. She won a silver medal at both the 2008 Summer Paralympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[3]

Fan had congenital cataract, a kind of visual impairment. She began playing goalball when she was 10 years old; just a year later she helped her province Shandong win a bronze medal at the National Para Games, at the age of 11. Donations poured in after her story was publicized, and she has since gained 20/200 vision through a cataract surgery in Shanghai.[1]

Like her national teammates Lin Shan, Wang Ruixue, and Ju Zhen, Fan started playing the sport under coach Wang Jinqin at the Weifang School of the Blind in Weifang, Shandong.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 门球,给了她们一双眼. 24 December 2012. zh. Qilu Evening News. Dong Hui. Zhang Haopian. 25 January 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. Web site: Feifei Fan. International Paralympic Committee. 22 January 2020.
  4. Web site: "潍坊好人"群体已经扩大到468人 每月评选张榜公布. zh. Zhang Hao. Qilu Evening News. 1 August 2014. 25 January 2020. 25 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200125195157/http://weifang.iqilu.com/wfgushi/2014/0801/2087802.shtml. dead.