Lü_Lin

Lü Lin (table tennis)

Lü Lin (table tennis)

Chinese table tennis player (born 1969)

Lü Lin (Chinese: 吕林; born April 6, 1969, in Wenling)[1] is a Chinese table tennis player and Olympic champion. He uses a pen-grip topspin style, and is best known for the combination of him and Wang Tao in men's doubles championships.[citation needed]

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Lü.

He won a gold medal in men's doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona with Wang Tao.[2]

They took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta again, where they won a silver medal.[3]

The combo also won the men's doubles title at 1993 and 1995 World Table Tennis Championships.[citation needed]

Lü Lin's son, Lü Xiang (born 1996), is also a table tennis player. He won the Men's Doubles title at the 2014 German Open.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Lu Lin sports-reference.com
  2. [2]
    "1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Table Tennis" Archived 2008-08-23 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 7, 2008)
  3. [3]
    "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Table Tennis" Archived 2008-08-22 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 7, 2008)
  4. [4]
    Tan, Patrick (1 August 2014). "Lü Xiang: The Son Of An Olympic Champion". Tabletennista.com.
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