Yang Qian (table tennis)
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Residence | Melbourne, Australia (since 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Qingjian County,[1] Shaanxi, China | 17 June 1996|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing style | Right-handed shakehand grip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 1 (October 2013)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 3 (February 2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 50 kg (110 lb)[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Traditional Chinese | 楊倩 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 杨倩 | ||||||
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Yang Qian (Chinese: 杨倩, OAM born 17 June 1996[5]) is a Chinese and Australian table tennis player who has only a right arm. Yang has won six medals - two gold and four silver in three Paralympic Games.[6] At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold and silver medal representing Australia.
Yang's left arm was amputated following an accident when she was eight years old.[1] She first played the sport when she was five years old.[4]
Move to Australia[]
Yang moved to Melbourne,[3] Australia in 2017 or later.[2] 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 1–4 to France's Audrey Zarif.[7]
In 2020, Yang represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics where she won the gold medal in the Women's Singles C10 and Women's Team C9-10 .[8]
Recognition[]
- 2022 – Medal of the Order of Australia for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020 [9]
References[]
- ^ a b Wang Haiye (23 September 2016). "清涧姑娘杨倩在里约残奥会上斩获两银". Yulin Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Yang Qian - ranking history". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Yang Qian - profile". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Yang Qian". ipc.infostradasports.com. International Paralympic Committee.
- ^ "Yang Qian - 2016 Summer Paralympics". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "Qian Yang". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "Yang Qian". ITTF.com. International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Para-Table Tennis Squad's Tokyo Build-Up A 'Brilliant Example Of Teamwork'". Paralympic.org.au. Paralympics Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Australia Day 2022 Honours List" (PDF). Governor-General of Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
External links[]
- Qian Yang at Paralympics Australia
- Qian Yang at the International Paralympic Committee
- Qian Yang at IPC.InfostradaSports.com
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Paralympic table tennis players of China
- Paralympic table tennis players of Australia
- Chinese female table tennis players
- Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- People from Qingjian County
- Paralympic gold medalists for China
- Paralympic silver medalists for China
- Paralympic medalists in table tennis
- Paralympic gold medalists for Australia
- Paralympic silver medalists for Australia
- Table tennis players from Shaanxi
- Chinese amputees
- Chinese emigrants to Australia
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia