Lei Lina Explained

Lei Lina
Residence:Melbourne, Australia (since 2017)
Birth Date:19 February 1988
Birth Place:Lanzhou,[1] Gansu, China
Playingstyle:Left-handed shakehand grip
Disability Class:9
Highest Rank:1 (October 2004)[2]
Current Rank:4 (February 2020)
Height:165 cm[3]
Weight:58 kg[4]
T:雷麗娜
P:Léi Lìnà

Lei Lina (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] She won a gold medal and a silver medal after representing Australia at the 2016 Tokyo Paralympics and has been selected for 2024 Paris Paralympics.

Table tennis

She began playing at age 7. She attended Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. Lei moved to Melbourne,[3] Australia in 2017 or later.[2] 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]

Recognition

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2012中国大学生年度人物候选人雷丽娜事迹 . . 11 April 2013 . zh . 2 February 2020 . 20 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130520203728/http://stu.people.com.cn/n/2013/0411/c361999-21106132.html . dead .
  2. Web site: Lei Li Na - ranking history . IPTTC.org . . 1 February 2020.
  3. Web site: Lei Li Na - profile . IPTTC.org . . 1 February 2020.
  4. Web site: Lei Lina . IPC.infostradasports.com . . 2 February 2020 .
  5. Web site: Lei Lina - Rio 2016 Paralympic Games . Paralympic.org . . 2 February 2020.
  6. Web site: Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - Official Results Book . ipc-services.org . . 19 September 2004.
  7. Web site: Lina Lei . Paralympic.org . . 2 February 2020.
  8. Web site: Lei Lina . . 2 February 2020.
  9. Web site: Para-Table Tennis Squad's Tokyo Build-Up A 'Brilliant Example Of Teamwork' Paralympics Australia. 2021-08-23. en-AU.
  10. Web site: 4 September 2021 . [0 Na Lei Li ]. Tokyo Paralympics Official Results.
  11. Web site: 2022 Commonwealth Games Results . 15 August 2022 . Commonwealth Games Australia.
  12. Web site: 9 June 2022 . De Rozario And Tudhope Earn Top Honours at Paralympics Australia Awards . 10 June 2022 . Paralympics Australia.
  13. Web site: Australia Day 2022 Honours List. 26 January 2022. Governor-General of Australia.

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