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Zhang Xiaoling
Born (1957-07-20) 20 July 1957 (age 67)
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
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Open singles
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Singles C9
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Teams C10
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Teams C6–10
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Open singles C6–10
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Singles C6–8
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Teams C6–10
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Singles C6–8
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Teams C6–10
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Open singles C6–10
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Singles C6–8
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Singles C8
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Taipei Singles C8
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Taipei Open singles standing
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Montreux Singles C8
FESPIC Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Bangkok Singles C8
Gold medal – first place 1999 Bangkok Teams C6–10
Gold medal – first place 2006 Kuala Lumpur Singles C6–8
Silver medal – second place 1999 Bangkok Open singles standing
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan Open singles standing
Silver medal – second place 2006 Kuala Lumpur Open singles standing
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan Singles C7–10
Asia and Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Kuala Lumpur Singles C6–8
Gold medal – first place 2007 Seoul Singles C8
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Kuala Lumpur Open singles standing
FESPIC Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Taipei Singles C6–8
Gold medal – first place 1999 Taipei Doubles C6–10
Bronze medal – third place 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

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  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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