Ma Lin (Paralympian)

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Ma Lin
Ma Lin in 2019
Personal information
ResidenceMelbourne, Australia (since 2017)
Born (1989-12-25) 25 December 1989 (age 34)
Mudanjiang,[1] Heilongjiang, China
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight80 kg (176 lb)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed shakehand grip
Disability class9
Highest ranking1 (April 2007)[3]
Current ranking6 (February 2020)
Medal record
Men's para table tennis
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Singles C9–10
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team C9–10
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Singles C8-10
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Teams C9–10
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Singles C9
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Teams C9–10
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Teams C9–10
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Singles C9–10
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Montreux Singles C9
Gold medal – first place 2006 Montreux Teams C9
Gold medal – first place 2010 Gwangju Singles C9
Gold medal – first place 2010 Gwangju Teams C9–10
Gold medal – first place 2014 Beijing Singles C9
Silver medal – second place 2010 Gwangju Open singles standing
Silver medal – second place 2014 Beijing Teams C9–10
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Andalucia Singles C9
Silver medal – second place 2022 Andalucia Mixed Doubles 20
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Singles C9
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Teams C9–10
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Singles C9
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Teams C9–10
FESPIC Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Kuala Lumpur Singles C9
Gold medal – first place 2006 Kuala Lumpur Teams C9
Silver medal – second place 2006 Kuala Lumpur Open singles standing
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Kuala Lumpur Singles C9
Gold medal – first place 2005 Kuala Lumpur Teams C9
Gold medal – first place 2007 Seoul Teams C9
Gold medal – first place 2009 Amman Teams C9
Gold medal – first place 2009 Amman Open singles standing
Gold medal – first place 2011 Hong Kong Singles C9
Gold medal – first place 2011 Hong Kong Teams C9
Gold medal – first place 2013 Beijing Singles C9
Gold medal – first place 2013 Beijing Teams C9
Gold medal – first place 2015 Amman Singles C9
Gold medal – first place 2015 Amman Teams C9
Silver medal – second place 2007 Seoul Singles C9–10
Silver medal – second place 2007 Seoul Open singles standing
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Amman Singles C9
FESPIC Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Shanghai Open singles standing
Gold medal – first place 2003 Shanghai Teams C9
Ma Lin
Traditional Chinese馬麟
Simplified Chinese马麟
In this Chinese name, the family name is Ma.

Ma Lin (Chinese: 马麟, born December 25, 1989) is a Chinese-Australian table tennis player who has only a left arm.

Ma has won five Paralympic medals, four gold, in four Summer Paralympic Games, five world titles and eleven Asian titles in his sport.[1] He was named the 2013 Male Para-Table Tennis Star during the ITTF Star Awards in January 2014.[4]

Ma lost his right arm at age 5, after he went to the zoo with other children and stuck his arm in a cage to feed a bear.[2][5] He sustained a knee injury in the 2014 World Para Table Tennis Championships in Beijing.[6]

Move to Australia[edit]

Ma moved to Melbourne,[1] Australia in 2017.[3]

He also registered with Table Tennis Australia, and competed in the Australian Open during the 2019 ITTF World Tour (with able-bodied athletes), losing his only match 0–4 to Thailand's Supanut Wisutmaythangkoon.[7]

He represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, where he won silver medals in Men's Singles C9-10 and Men's Team C9-10 with Nathan Pellissier and Joel Coughlan.[8][9]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, he won the silver medal in the Men's singles C8–10.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Ma Lin - profile". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Ma Lin". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.[dead link]
  3. ^ a b "Ma Lin - ranking history". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Paralympians honoured at ITTF's Star Awards". International Paralympic Committee. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  5. ^ Lin Benjian; Zhao Baotong (17 September 2008). "马麟向马琳看齐". Yangcheng Evening News (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Ma Lin targets table tennis trifecta". International Paralympic Committee. 7 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Ma Lin". ITTF. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Para-Table Tennis Squad's Tokyo Build-Up A 'Brilliant Example Of Teamwork'". Paralympics Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Ma Lin". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  10. ^ "2022 Commonwealth Games Results". Commonwealth Games Australia. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

External links[edit]

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