Ni Xialian

Ni Xia Lian (Chinese: 倪夏莲; born 4 July 1963) is a Chinese-born table tennis player who represents Luxembourg since 1991. She was born in Shanghai, and resides in Ettelbruck.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ni.
Xia Lian Ni
Personal information
NationalityLuxembourgish
Born (1963-07-04) 4 July 1963
Shanghai, China
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed, penhold
Highest ranking6 (25 May 1985)[1]
Current ranking40 (December 2021) [2]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Luxembourg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2021 HoustonDoubles
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 MinskSingles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1998 EindhovenSingles
Gold medal – first place2002 ZagrebSingles
Gold medal – first place2002 ZagrebMixed doubles
Silver medal – second place2000 BremenDoubles
Silver medal – second place2007 BelgradeSingles
Bronze medal – third place2018 AlicanteDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2022 Munich Doubles
Games of the Small States of Europe
Gold medal – first place2009 CyprusSingles
Gold medal – first place2009 CyprusDoubles
Gold medal – first place2009 CyprusTeam
Gold medal – first place2011 LiechtensteinSingles
Gold medal – first place2011 LiechtensteinDoubles
Gold medal – first place2011 LiechtensteinTeam
Gold medal – first place2013 LuxembourgDoubles
Gold medal – first place2013 LuxembourgTeam
Gold medal – first place2015 IcelandTeam
Representing  China
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1983 TokyoTeam
Gold medal – first place1983 TokyoMixed doubles
Silver medal – second place1985 GothenburgDoubles
Bronze medal – third place1983 TokyoDoubles

Career

Ni won team and mixed doubles gold medals for China in the 1983 World Table Tennis Championships.[3][4][5] She moved to Germany in 1989 and settled in Luxembourg two years later. Her husband, Tommy Danielsson, is her coach and training partner. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the third round of the singles competition. She qualified for competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's singles competition. She lost 4–2 to 16-year-old Ariel Hsing from the US in the 2nd round in the London games.

She competed for Luxembourg at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the women's singles competition. She lost 4–2 to Feng Tianwei of Singapore in the 3rd round.[6] She was the flag bearer for Luxembourg during the closing ceremony.[7]

When she qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics at the age of 58, Ni became the oldest Olympian table tennis player.[8]

In 2021, Ni, 58 years old, won the women's doubles bronze medal for Luxembourg (LUX) in 2021 World Table Tennis Championships alongside Sarah de Nutte.[9]

See also

References
  1. André Damman. "History of World Rankings" (PDF). ittf.com. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  2. "WTT". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  3. BIOGRAPHY(World Table Tennis)
  4. Table tennis – World Championships – Mixed doubles
  5. "Guo Yuehua/Ni Xia Lian - Chen Xinhua/Tong Ling 1983". Youtube. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  6. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  7. "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 21 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  8. Ni Xia Lian set to be oldest table tennis Olympian
  9. Table tennis It will be bronze


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