Lu Dong

Dong Lu
	Dong at the Rio 2016 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Armless Mermaid
National team	China
Born	December 19, 1991 (age 29); CHAOYANG
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Classifications	S5/SB6/SM5
Club	Liaoning Province
Coach	Li Jianhui
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Representing China
Women's Paralympic swimming
Summer Paralympics
IPC Swimming World Championships

Dong Lu is a Chinese paralympic swimmer, who won gold and silver medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She got 38.28 seconds on 50m butterfly. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics she won four gold medals with three world record. Lu lost both her arms after being hit by a car at age six.^[1]

Swimming career[]

During her career, Dong has received the May 1st Labour Medal, the May 4th Youth Medal and has been named a March 8th Red Banner Pacesetter in the People's Republic of China.^[1]

Major achievements:

WR: World Record

2012: Won gold at the 2012 Paralympics in London in the Women's 100 metre backstroke S6, and silver in the Women's 50m butterfly S6.^[2]^[3]

2016: Won silver in the Women's 100 metre backstroke S6 at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics.^[4]

2021 Won Gold in the Mixed 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay 20pts alongside team members Zhang Li 36.22, Toe Zheng 1:06.70, Yuan Weiyi 1:38.08, Lu Dong 2:15.49 with comdined team WR 2:15.49 at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. Won Gold in the with WR 39.54. Won Gold in the with WR 37.18.^[5]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Swimming Lu Dong - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". olympics.com. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ "Women's 100m Backstroke - S6". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 2012-08-30. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
^ "Women's 50m Butterfly - S6". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
^ "Women's 100m Backstroke - S6 - Standings". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
^ "Mixed 4x50m Freestyle - 20pts -Swimming - Final Results". olympics.com. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

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[para2020_1-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Swimming Lu Dong - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". olympics.com. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

[dead2012_1-2] "Women's 100m Backstroke - S6". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 2012-08-30. Retrieved 30 August 2012.

[dead2012_2-3] "Women's 50m Butterfly - S6". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2018-08-21.

[para2016_1-4] "Women's 100m Backstroke - S6 - Standings". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2016.

[Para_Swimming_2021-5] "Mixed 4x50m Freestyle - 20pts -Swimming - Final Results". olympics.com. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

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