Yang Qian (table tennis) explained

Yang Qian
Residence:	Melbourne, Australia (since 2017)
Birth Date:	17 June 1996
Birth Place:	Qingjian County,^[1] Shaanxi, China
Playingstyle:	Right-handed shakehand grip
Disability Class:	10
Highest Rank:	1 (October 2013)^[2]
Current Rank:	3 (February 2020)
Height:	163 cm^[3]
Weight:	50 kg^[4]

T:	楊倩
P:	Yáng Qiàn

Yang Qian (born 17 June 1996^[5]) is a Chinese-Australian table tennis player who has only a right arm. Yang has won six medals - two gold and four silver in three Paralympic Games.^[6] At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, she won a gold and silver medal representing Australia and has been selected for 2024 Paris Paralympics.

Table tennis

Yang's left arm was amputated following an accident when she was eight years old. She first played the sport when she was five years old. Yang 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 1–4 to France's Audrey Zarif.^[7]

In 2020, Yang represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics where she won the gold medal in the Women's Singles C10 and the silver medal in the Women's Team C9-10 .^[8]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won the gold medal in the Women's singles C6–10.^[9]

Recognition

• 2022 - Member of the Australian Table Table Tennis Team (Class 9–10) that was awarded 2020 Paralympics Australia Team of the Year.^[10]
• 2022 – Medal of the Order of Australia for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 ^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 清涧姑娘杨倩在里约残奥会上斩获两银 . Yulin Daily . 23 September 2016 . zh . Wang Haiye . 2 February 2020.
2. Web site: Yang Qian - ranking history . IPTTC.org . . 1 February 2020.
3. Web site: Yang Qian - profile . IPTTC.org . . 1 February 2020.
4. Web site: Yang Qian . ipc.infostradasports.com . International Paralympic Committee.
5. Web site: Yang Qian - 2016 Summer Paralympics . Paralympic.org . . 2 February 2020.
6. Web site: Qian Yang . Paralympic.org . . 2 February 2020.
7. Web site: Yang Qian . 1 February 2020 . ITTF.com . International Table Tennis Federation.
8. Web site: Para-Table Tennis Squad's Tokyo Build-Up A 'Brilliant Example Of Teamwork' . Paralympic.org.au . . 2021-08-23 . en-AU.
9. Web site: 2022 Commonwealth Games Results . 15 August 2022 . Commonwealth Games Australia. 16 June 2020 .
10. Web site: 9 June 2022 . De Rozario And Tudhope Earn Top Honours at Paralympics Australia Awards . 10 June 2022 . Paralympics Australia.
11. Web site: Australia Day 2022 Honours List. 26 January 2022. Governor-General of Australia.