Yang Qian

Yang Qian (Chinese: 杨倩, born 17 June 1996[5]) is a Chinese table tennis player who has only a right arm. Yang has won four medals in two Paralympic Games.[6]

Yang Qian
Yang at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Residence	Melbourne, Australia (since 2017)
Born	17 June 1996 Qingjian County,[1] Shaanxi, China
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 Women's para table tennis Representing  China Paralympic Games 2012 London Teams C6–10 2012 London Singles C10 2016 Rio de Janeiro Singles C10 2016 Rio de Janeiro Teams C6–10 World Championships 2014 Beijing Teams C9–10 2014 Beijing Singles C10 Asian Para Games 2010 Guangzhou Singles C10 2010 Guangzhou Teams C6–10 2014 Incheon Singles C9–10 2014 Incheon Teams C9–10 Asian Championships 2009 Amman Singles C10 2009 Amman Teams C6–10 2011 Hong Kong Teams C6–10 2013 Beijing Singles C10 2015 Amman Singles C9–10 2015 Amman Teams C6–10 2009 Amman Open singles standing 2011 Hong Kong Singles C10

Yang Qian
Traditional Chinese	楊倩
Simplified Chinese	杨倩
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yáng Qiàn

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]

References

1. 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.
2. "Yang Qian Ranking history". ITTF. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
3. "Yang Qian Profile". ITTF. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
4. "Yang Qian". International Paralympic Committee.
5. "Yang Qian". 2016 Summer Paralympics. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
6. "Qian Yang". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
7. "Yang Qian". ITTF. Retrieved 1 February 2020.