Ma Lin (Paralympian)

Ma Lin (Chinese: 马麟, born December 25, 1989) is a Chinese-Australian table tennis player who has only a left arm.

Ma Lin
Ma Lin in 2019
Personal information
ResidenceMelbourne, Australia (since 2017)
Born (1989-12-25) 25 December 1989
Mudanjiang,[1] Heilongjiang, China
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight80 kg (176 lb)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed shakehand grip
Disability class9
Highest ranking1 (April 2007)[3]
Current ranking6 (February 2020)
Medal record
Men's para table tennis
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoSingles C9–10
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoTeam C9–10
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2022 BirminghamSingles C8-10
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2008 BeijingTeams C9–10
Gold medal – first place2012 LondonSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2012 LondonTeams C9–10
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeams C9–10
Silver medal – second place2008 BeijingSingles C9–10
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2006 MontreuxSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2006 MontreuxTeams C9
Gold medal – first place2010 GwangjuSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2010 GwangjuTeams C9–10
Gold medal – first place2014 BeijingSingles C9
Silver medal – second place2010 GwangjuOpen singles standing
Silver medal – second place2014 BeijingTeams C9–10
Bronze medal – third place2022 AndaluciaSingles C9
Silver medal – second place2022 AndaluciaMixed Doubles 20
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place2010 GuangzhouSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2010 GuangzhouTeams C9–10
Gold medal – first place2014 IncheonSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2014 IncheonTeams C9–10
FESPIC Games
Gold medal – first place2006 Kuala LumpurSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2006 Kuala LumpurTeams C9
Silver medal – second place2006 Kuala LumpurOpen singles standing
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2005 Kuala LumpurSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2005 Kuala LumpurTeams C9
Gold medal – first place2007 SeoulTeams C9
Gold medal – first place2009 AmmanTeams C9
Gold medal – first place2009 AmmanOpen singles standing
Gold medal – first place2011 Hong KongSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2011 Hong KongTeams C9
Gold medal – first place2013 BeijingSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2013 BeijingTeams C9
Gold medal – first place2015 AmmanSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2015 AmmanTeams C9
Silver medal – second place2007 SeoulSingles C9–10
Silver medal – second place2007 SeoulOpen singles standing
Bronze medal – third place2009 AmmanSingles C9
FESPIC Championships
Gold medal – first place2003 ShanghaiOpen singles standing
Gold medal – first place2003 ShanghaiTeams C9
Ma Lin
Traditional Chinese馬麟
Simplified Chinese马麟
In this Chinese name, the family name is Ma.

Ma has won five Paralympic medals, four gold, in four Summer Paralympic Games, five world titles and eleven Asian titles in his sport.[1] He was named the 2013 Male Para-Table Tennis Star during the ITTF Star Awards in January 2014.[4]

Ma lost his right arm at age 5, after he went to the zoo with other children and stuck his arm in a cage to feed a bear.[2][5] He sustained a knee injury in the 2014 World Para Table Tennis Championships in Beijing.[6]

Move to Australia

Ma moved to Melbourne,[1] Australia in 2017.[3]

He also registered with Table Tennis Australia, and competed in the Australian Open during the 2019 ITTF World Tour (with able-bodied athletes), losing his only match 0–4 to Thailand's Supanut Wisutmaythangkoon.[7]

He represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, where he won silver medals in Men's Singles C9-10 and Men's Team C9-10 with Nathan Pellissier and Joel Coughlan.[8][9]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, he won the silver medal in the Men's singles C8–10.[10]

References
  1. "Ma Lin - profile". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. "Ma Lin". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. "Ma Lin - ranking history". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  4. "Paralympians honoured at ITTF's Star Awards". International Paralympic Committee. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  5. Lin Benjian; Zhao Baotong (17 September 2008). "马麟向马琳看齐". Yangcheng Evening News (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  6. "Ma Lin targets table tennis trifecta". International Paralympic Committee. 7 September 2016.
  7. "Ma Lin". ITTF. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  8. "Para-Table Tennis Squad's Tokyo Build-Up A 'Brilliant Example Of Teamwork' | Paralympics Australia". Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  9. "Ma Lin". Tokyo Paralympics Official Results. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  10. "2022 Commonwealth Games Results". Commonwealth Games Australia. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

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