Lei Lina

Lei Lina OAM (Chinese: 雷丽娜, born 19 February 1988^[5][6]) 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.^[7] Representing Australia, she won two gold meda, a silver and bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and the 2024 Paris Paralympics.

Lei Lina OAM
Personal information
Residence	Melbourne, Australia (since 2017)
Born	(1988-02-19) 19 February 1988 (age 37) Lanzhou,[1] Gansu, China
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)[3]
Table tennis career
Playing style	Left-handed shakehand grip
Disability class	9
Highest ranking	1 (October 2004)[4]
Current ranking	1 (August 2024)
Medal record Women's para table tennis Representing  Australia Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo Singles C9 2024 Paris Doubles WD20 2020 Tokyo Team Class 9-10 2024 Paris Singles C9 Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Singles C6-10 Representing  China Paralympic Games 2004 Athens Teams C6–10 2008 Beijing Singles C9 2008 Beijing Teams C6–10 2012 London Singles C9 2012 London Teams C6–10 2004 Athens Singles C9 2016 Rio de Janeiro Singles C9 2016 Rio de Janeiro Teams C6–10 World Championships 2002 Taipei Open singles standing 2002 Taipei Teams C6–9 2006 Montreux Singles C9 2006 Montreux Teams C9–10 2014 Beijing Singles C9 2014 Beijing Teams C9–10 2022 Andalucia Singles C9 2022 Seville Women's Doubles 20 2022 Seville Mixed Doubles 17 Asian Para Games 2014 Incheon Teams C9–10 2014 Incheon Singles C9–10 2010 Guangzhou Singles C9 FESPIC Games 2002 Busan Singles C7–10 2002 Busan Open singles standing 2006 Kuala Lumpur Singles C9–10 2006 Kuala Lumpur Open singles standing Asian Championships 2005 Kuala Lumpur Open singles standing 2007 Seoul Singles C9 2011 Hong Kong Singles C9 2015 Amman Teams C6–10 2005 Kuala Lumpur Singles C9–10 2007 Seoul Open singles standing 2013 Beijing Singles C9 FESPIC Championships 2001 Osaka Singles C6–10 2001 Osaka Teams C6–10 2003 Shanghai Open singles standing 2001 Osaka Open singles standing 2003 Shanghai Singles C8–10

Lei Lina
Traditional Chinese	雷麗娜
Simplified Chinese	雷丽娜
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Léi Lìnà

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lei.

Table tennis

She began playing at age 7. She attended Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology.^[3] 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.^[8]

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.^[9][10]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won the silver medal in the Women's singles C6–10.^[11]

At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, she won a bronze medal in the Women's Singles 9 and the gold medal in the Women's Doubles 20 with Yang Qian.

Recognition

• 2020 - 2022 - Member of the Australian Table Table Tennis Team (Class 9–10) that was awarded 2020 Paralympics Australia Team of the Year ^[12]
• 2022 – Medal of the Order of Australia for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 ^[13]