Lü Lin (table tennis)
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| Nationality |  China | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 April 1969 | |||||||||||||||||
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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]
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
[edit]- ^ Lu Lin sports-reference.com
- ^ "1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Table Tennis" Archived 2008-08-23 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 7, 2008)
- ^ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Table Tennis" Archived 2008-08-22 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 7, 2008)
- ^ Tan, Patrick (1 August 2014). "Lü Xiang: The Son Of An Olympic Champion". Tabletennista.com.
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