Ni Xialian

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Ni.
Xia Lian Ni
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Personal information
NationalityLuxembourgish
Born (1963-07-04) 4 July 1963 (age 58)
Shanghai, China
Playing styleLeft-handed, penhold
Highest ranking6 (25 May 1985)[1]
Current ranking40 (December 2021) [2]
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Medal record
Representing  Luxembourg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Houston Doubles
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk Singles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Eindhoven Singles
Gold medal – first place 2002 Zagreb Singles
Gold medal – first place 2002 Zagreb Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2000 Bremen Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2007 Belgrade Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Alicante Doubles
Games of the Small States of Europe
Gold medal – first place 2009 Cyprus Singles
Gold medal – first place 2009 Cyprus Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2009 Cyprus Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Liechtenstein Singles
Gold medal – first place 2011 Liechtenstein Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2011 Liechtenstein Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Luxembourg Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Luxembourg Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Iceland Team
Representing  China
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1983 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 1983 Tokyo Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 1985 Gothenburg Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Tokyo Doubles

Ni Xia Lian (Chinese: 倪夏莲; born 4 July 1963) is a Chinese-born table tennis player who represents Luxembourg since 1991. She was born in Shanghai, and resides in Ettelbruck.

Career[]

Ni won team and mixed doubles gold medals for China in the 1983 World Table Tennis Championships.[3][4] [5]She moved to Germany in 1989 and settled in Luxembourg two years later. Her husband, Tommy Danielsson, is her coach and training partner. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the third round of the singles competition. She qualified for competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's singles competition. She lost 4–2 to 16-year-old Ariel Hsing from the US in the 2nd round in the London games.

She competed for Luxembourg at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the women's singles competition. She lost 4–2 to Feng Tianwei of Singapore in the 3rd round.[6] She was the flag bearer for Luxembourg during the closing ceremony.[7]

When she qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics at the age of 58, Ni became the oldest Olympian table tennis player.[8]

In 2021, Ni, 58 years old, won the women's doubles bronze medal for Luxembourg (LUX) in 2021 World Table Tennis Championships alongside Sarah de Nutte.[9]

See also[]

  • List of table tennis players
  • List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References[]

  1. ^ André Damman. "History of World Rankings" (PDF). ittf.com. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  2. ^ "WTT". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  3. ^ BIOGRAPHY(World Table Tennis)
  4. ^ Table tennis – World Championships – Mixed doubles
  5. ^ "Guo Yuehua/Ni Xia Lian - Chen Xinhua/Tong Ling 1983". Youtube. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  7. ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 21 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  8. ^ Ni Xia Lian set to be oldest table tennis Olympian
  9. ^ Table tennis It will be bronze

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