Zhang Xiaoling, Date of Birth

    

Zhang Xiaoling

Chinese Paralympian table tennis player

Date of Birth: 20-Jul-1957

Profession: table tennis player

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Zhang Xiaoling

  • Zhang Xiaoling, or Zhang Xiao, born 20 July 1957 in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is a Chinese competitive table tennis player. In 1976, she developed a malign tumour in her right leg, which was subsequently amputated.
  • In 1987, she won a gold medal at a national women's singles table tennis competition.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.

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