Lei Lina

Lei Lina OAM (Chinese: 雷丽娜, born 19 February 1988[5]) 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.[6] She won a gold medal and a silver medal after representing Australia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Lei Lina
OAM
Personal information
ResidenceMelbourne, Australia (since 2017)
Born (1988-02-19) 19 February 1988
Lanzhou,[1] Gansu, China
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight58 kg (128 lb)[3]
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed shakehand grip
Disability class9
Highest ranking1 (October 2004)[4]
Current ranking4 (February 2020)
Medal record
Women's para table tennis
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoSingles C9
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoTeam Class 9-10
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2022 BirminghamSingles C6-10
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2004 AthensTeams C6–10
Gold medal – first place2008 BeijingSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2008 BeijingTeams C6–10
Gold medal – first place2012 LondonSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2012 LondonTeams C6–10
Silver medal – second place2004 AthensSingles C9
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroSingles C9
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeams C6–10
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2002 TaipeiOpen singles standing
Gold medal – first place2002 TaipeiTeams C6–9
Gold medal – first place2006 MontreuxSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2006 MontreuxTeams C9–10
Gold medal – first place2014 BeijingSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2014 BeijingTeams C9–10
Silver medal – second place2022 AndaluciaSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2022 AndaluciaWomen's Doubles 20
Bronze medal – third place2022 AndaluciaMixed Doubles 17
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place2014 IncheonTeams C9–10
Silver medal – second place2014 IncheonSingles C9–10
FESPIC Games
Gold medal – first place2002 BusanSingles C7–10
Gold medal – first place2002 BusanOpen singles standing
Gold medal – first place2006 Kuala LumpurSingles C9–10
Gold medal – first place2006 Kuala LumpurOpen singles standing
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2005 Kuala LumpurOpen singles standing
Gold medal – first place2007 SeoulSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2011 Hong KongSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2015 AmmanTeams C6–10
Silver medal – second place2005 Kuala LumpurSingles C9–10
Silver medal – second place2007 SeoulOpen singles standing
Silver medal – second place2013 BeijingSingles C9
FESPIC Championships
Gold medal – first place2001 OsakaSingles C6–10
Gold medal – first place2001 OsakaTeams C6–10
Gold medal – first place2003 ShanghaiOpen singles standing
Silver medal – second place2001 OsakaOpen singles standing
Silver medal – second place2003 ShanghaiSingles C8–10
Lei Lina
Traditional Chinese雷麗娜
Simplified Chinese雷丽娜
In this Chinese name, the family name is Lei.

She began playing at age 7. She attended Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology.[3]

Move to Australia

Lei moved to Melbourne,[2] Australia in 2017 or later.[4] 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.[7]

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.[8][9]

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

Recognition
  • 2020 - 2022 - Member of the Australian Table Table Tennis Team (Class 9–10) that was awarded 2020 Paralympics Australia Team of the Year [11]
  • 2022 – Medal of the Order of Australia for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 [12]

References
  1. "2012中国大学生年度人物候选人雷丽娜事迹". People's Daily (in Chinese). 11 April 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. "Lei Li Na - profile". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. "Lei Lina". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  4. "Lei Li Na - ranking history". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  5. "Lei Lina". 2016 Summer Paralympics. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  6. "Lina Lei". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  7. "Lei Lina". ITTF. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  8. "Para-Table Tennis Squad's Tokyo Build-Up A 'Brilliant Example Of Teamwork' | Paralympics Australia". Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  9. [0 "Na Lei Li"]. Tokyo Paralympics Official Results. 4 September 2021. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  10. "2022 Commonwealth Games Results". Commonwealth Games Australia. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  11. "De Rozario And Tudhope Earn Top Honours at Paralympics Australia Awards". Paralympics Australia. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  12. "Australia Day 2022 Honours List" (PDF). Governor-General of Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2022.


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