Zhang Xiaoling

Zhang Xiaoling
Born	(1957-07-20) 20 July 1957 (age 68) Qinzhou, [1] Guangxi, China
Table tennis career
Playing style	Right-handed penhold
Disability class	8
Highest ranking	1 [2]
Medal record Women's para table tennis Representing   China [3] Paralympic Games 1988 Seoul Open singles 1992 Barcelona Singles C9 1992 Barcelona Teams C10 1996 Atlanta Teams C6–10 1996 Atlanta Open singles C6–10 2000 Sydney Singles C6–8 2000 Sydney Teams C6–10 2004 Athens Singles C6–8 2004 Athens Teams C6–10 1992 Barcelona Open singles C6–10 1996 Atlanta Singles C6–8 2008 Beijing Singles C8 World Championships 2002 Taipei Singles C8 2002 Taipei Open singles standing 2006 Montreux Singles C8 FESPIC Games 1999 Bangkok Singles C8 1999 Bangkok Teams C6–10 2006 Kuala Lumpur Singles C6–8 1999 Bangkok Open singles standing 2002 Busan Open singles standing 2006 Kuala Lumpur Open singles standing 2002 Busan Singles C7–10 Asia and Oceania Championships 2005 Kuala Lumpur Singles C6–8 2007 Seoul Singles C8 2005 Kuala Lumpur Open singles standing FESPIC Championships 1999 Taipei Singles C6–8 1999 Taipei Doubles C6–10 1999 Taipei Open singles standing

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang .

Zhang Xiaoling (Chinese :张小玲, born 20 July 1957) ^[4] is a Chinese retired para table tennis player who won 12 Paralympic medals from 1988 to 2008.

She laboured as a sent-down youth during the Cultural Revolution. While toiling one day in 1973, she seriously sprained her right foot, which was subsequently amputated due to no timely treatment. ^[1] In 1987, she won a gold medal at a national women's singles table tennis competition. ^[5]

Zhang represented China for the first time at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, and won gold in the open event. She competed in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, and won at least two medals – one in the singles event, one in the team event, and in 1992 and 1996 one in the open event – on every occasion. She represented China again at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, but, for the first time, she only competed in the singles. ^[5]

Notes

1. Tan Jiangbo; Shen Quanchi (7 November 2018). "残奥五连冠张小玲的"搏斗"人生". People's Daily (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
2. "Zhang Xiao Ling - ranking history". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis . Retrieved 23 January 2020.
3. "Zhang Xiao Ling - profile". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis . Retrieved 23 January 2020.
4. "Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - Official Results Book". ipc-services.org. International Paralympic Committee. 19 September 2004.
5. "51-year-old Chinese to compete in sixth Paralympic Games". en.paralympic.beijing2008.cn. Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. 3 September 2008. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008 – via Xinhuanet.

External links

• Zhang Xiaoling at ITTF Para Table Tennis ( archive )
• Zhang Xiaoling at the International Paralympic Committee

Zhang Xiaoling
Traditional Chinese	張小玲
Simplified Chinese	张 小 玲
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāng Xiǎolíng

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