Liu Jing | |
Birth Date: | 25 July 1988 |
Birth Place: | Pizhou, Jiangsu, China |
Playingstyle: | Left-handed shakehand grip |
Disability Class: | 2 (formerly 1) |
Highest Rank: | 1 (October 2008)[1] |
Current Rank: | 2 (February 2020) |
Height: | 161 cm |
Weight: | 46 kg[2] |
Liu Jing (born 25 July 1988[3]) is a Chinese para table tennis player. She has won multiple gold medals in most para table tennis world championship tournaments. She has played with Li Qian and Xue Juan in the team events internationally. She has won eight gold medals at the Summer Paralympics.[4]
She has won the ITTF Star Award in 2016 after successfully retaining her Paralympic table tennis titles in Rio de Janeiro.[5] [6]
Like many of her teammates, Liu was a polio victim from Pizhou who attended New Hope Center as a child. That's where coach Heng Xin developed her into a star.[7]