Lei Lina
OAM
Personal information
ResidenceMelbourne, Australia (since 2017)
Born (1988-02-19) 19 February 1988
Lanzhou,[1] Gansu, China
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight58 kg (128 lb)[3]
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed shakehand grip
Disability class9
Highest ranking1 (October 2004)[4]
Current ranking4 (February 2020)
Medal record
Women's para table tennis
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoSingles C9
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoTeam Class 9-10
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2022 BirminghamSingles C6-10
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2004 AthensTeams C6–10
Gold medal – first place2008 BeijingSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2008 BeijingTeams C6–10
Gold medal – first place2012 LondonSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2012 LondonTeams C6–10
Silver medal – second place2004 AthensSingles C9
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroSingles C9
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeams C6–10
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2002 TaipeiOpen singles standing
Gold medal – first place2002 TaipeiTeams C6–9
Gold medal – first place2006 MontreuxSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2006 MontreuxTeams C9–10
Gold medal – first place2014 BeijingSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2014 BeijingTeams C9–10
Silver medal – second place2022 AndaluciaSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2022 AndaluciaWomen's Doubles 20
Bronze medal – third place2022 AndaluciaMixed Doubles 17
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place2014 IncheonTeams C9–10
Silver medal – second place2014 IncheonSingles C9–10
FESPIC Games
Gold medal – first place2002 BusanSingles C7–10
Gold medal – first place2002 BusanOpen singles standing
Gold medal – first place2006 Kuala LumpurSingles C9–10
Gold medal – first place2006 Kuala LumpurOpen singles standing
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2005 Kuala LumpurOpen singles standing
Gold medal – first place2007 SeoulSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2011 Hong KongSingles C9
Gold medal – first place2015 AmmanTeams C6–10
Silver medal – second place2005 Kuala LumpurSingles C9–10
Silver medal – second place2007 SeoulOpen singles standing
Silver medal – second place2013 BeijingSingles C9
FESPIC Championships
Gold medal – first place2001 OsakaSingles C6–10
Gold medal – first place2001 OsakaTeams C6–10
Gold medal – first place2003 ShanghaiOpen singles standing
Silver medal – second place2001 OsakaOpen singles standing
Silver medal – second place2003 ShanghaiSingles C8–10
Lei Lina
Traditional Chinese雷麗娜
Simplified Chinese雷丽娜

Lei Lina OAM (Chinese: 雷丽娜, born 19 February 1988[5]) 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.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8][9]

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

Recognition

  • 2020 - 2022 - Member of the Australian Table Table Tennis Team (Class 9–10) that was awarded 2020 Paralympics Australia Team of the Year [11]
  • 2022 – Medal of the Order of Australia for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "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. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Lei Li Na - profile". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Lei Lina". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Lei Li Na - ranking history". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Lei Lina". 2016 Summer Paralympics. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Lina Lei". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "Lei Lina". ITTF. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "Para-Table Tennis Squad's Tokyo Build-Up A 'Brilliant Example Of Teamwork' | Paralympics Australia". Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  9. ↑ [0 "Na Lei Li"]. Tokyo Paralympics Official Results. 4 September 2021. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  10. ↑ "2022 Commonwealth Games Results". Commonwealth Games Australia. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "De Rozario And Tudhope Earn Top Honours at Paralympics Australia Awards". Paralympics Australia. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  12. ↑ "Australia Day 2022 Honours List" (PDF). Governor-General of Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2022.


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