Ma Lin (Paralympian)

Ma Lin (Chinese: 马麟, born December 25, 1989) is a Chinese table tennis player who has only a left arm. Ma has won five Paralympic medals, four gold, in three Summer Paralympic Games, five world titles and eleven Asian titles in his sport.[1] He was named the 2013 Para-Male Table Tennis Star during the ITTF Star Awards in January 2014.[4]

Ma Lin
Personal information
ResidenceMelbourne, Australia (since 2017)
Born (1989-12-25) 25 December 1989
Mudanjiang,[1] Heilongjiang, China
Playing styleLeft-handed shakehand grip
Disability class9
Highest ranking1 (April 2007)[2]
Current ranking6 (February 2020)
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight80 kg (176 lb)[3]
Ma Lin
Traditional Chinese馬麟
Simplified Chinese马麟
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ma.

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.[3][5] He sustained a knee injury in the 2014 World Para Table Tennis Championships in Beijing.[6]

Move to Australia

Ma moved to Melbourne,[1] Australia in 2017 or later.[2] 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]

References
  1. "Ma Lin Profile". ITTF. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. "Ma Lin Ranking history". ITTF. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. "Ma Lin". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 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.
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