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Born | Pizhou,[1] Jiangsu, China | July 25, 1988|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 161 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 46 kg (101 lb)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing style | Left-handed shakehand grip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | 2 (formerly 1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 1 (October 2008)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 2 (February 2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Traditional Chinese | 劉靜 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 刘静 | ||||||
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Liu Jing (Chinese: 刘静, born 25 July 1988[4]) is a Chinese para table tennis player. She has won multiple gold medals in most para table tennis world championship tournaments. She has played with Li Qian and Xue Juan in the team events internationally. She has won eight gold medals at the Summer Paralympics.[1]
Career
She has won the ITTF Star Award in 2016 after successfully retaining her Paralympic table tennis titles in Rio de Janeiro.[5][6]
Personal life
Like many of her teammates, Liu was a polio victim from Pizhou who attended New Hope Center as a child. That's where coach Heng Xin developed her into a star.[7]
References
- ^ a b c "Liu Jing - profile". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Liu Jing". IPC.infostradasports.com. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.[dead link ]
- ^ "Liu Jing - ranking history". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Liu Jing". Paralympic.org. Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "ITTF Star Awards Qatar 2016". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Liu Jing ready to face rival Seo Su Yeon for table tennis gold". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 17 October 2014.
- ^ Gan Hansheng (14 October 2016). "给梦插上翅膀——记国家残疾人乒乓球队教练衡新". China Internet Information Center (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 January 2020.
External links
- Liu Jing at ITTF Para Table Tennis
- Liu Jing at the International Paralympic Committee
- Liu Jing at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Chinese female table tennis players
- Paralympic table tennis players for China
- Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Pizhou
- Paralympic medalists in table tennis
- Paralympic gold medalists for China
- Paralympic silver medalists for China
- FESPIC Games competitors
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Para Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games
- 21st-century Chinese sportswomen