Zhang Xiaoling

Zhang Xiaoling
Born (1957-07-20) 20 July 1957
Qinzhou,[1] Guangxi, China
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed penhold
Disability class8
Highest ranking1[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
Zhang Xiaoling
Traditional Chinese張小玲
Simplified Chinese张小玲
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Xiǎolíng
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. ^ a b 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). 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. ^ a b "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.


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