In this Chinese name, the family name is Lei.

Lei Lina OAM (Chinese: 雷丽娜, born 19 February 1988[5][6]) 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.[7] She won a gold medal and a silver medal after representing Australia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

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.[8]

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.[9][10]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won the silver medal in the Women's singles C6–10.[11]

Recognition

  • 2020 - 2022 - Member of the Australian Table Table Tennis Team (Class 9–10) that was awarded 2020 Paralympics Australia Team of the Year [12]
  • 2022 – Medal of the Order of Australia for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 [13]

References

  1. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Lei Li Na - profile". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Lei Lina". IPC.infostradasports.com. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ a b "Lei Li Na - ranking history". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Lei Lina - Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - Official Results Book". ipc-services.org. International Paralympic Committee. 19 September 2004.
  7. ^ "Lina Lei". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Lei Lina". ITTF. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Para-Table Tennis Squad's Tokyo Build-Up A 'Brilliant Example Of Teamwork' | Paralympics Australia". Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  10. ^ [0 "Na Lei Li"]. Tokyo Paralympics Official Results. 4 September 2021. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  11. ^ "2022 Commonwealth Games Results". Commonwealth Games Australia. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  12. ^ "De Rozario And Tudhope Earn Top Honours at Paralympics Australia Awards". Paralympics Australia. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Australia Day 2022 Honours List" (PDF). Governor-General of Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

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