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.
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] At the age of 60, Ni was ranked the 46th worldwide.[2]
See also
References
- ^ André Damman. "History of World Rankings" (PDF). ittf.com. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ a b "WTT". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ BIOGRAPHY(World Table Tennis)
- ^ Table tennis – World Championships – Mixed doubles
- ^ "Guo Yuehua/Ni Xia Lian - Chen Xinhua/Tong Ling 1983". Youtube. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 21 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ Ni Xia Lian set to be oldest table tennis Olympian
- ^ Table tennis It will be bronze
External links
- Ni Xia Lian at World Table Tennis
- Ni Xia Lian at Olympedia
- Ni Xia Lian at Olympics.com
- Ni Xia Lian at the Comité Olympique et Sportif Luxembourgeois (in French)
- Ni Xia Lian on Instagram
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