Wang Lijing (born 10 April 1989) is a visually impaired Chinese

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. She competed in the 52 or 57 kg division at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Paralympics and won a gold medal in 2008 and a silver in 2012. She placed third at the 2003 Fukuoka Tournament as a non-disabled athlete.

Life

Wang was born in 1989 and as a six year old young girl one of her eyes was accidentally damaged by a knife. Having lost the sight in one eye, she then had her eyesight damaged in the other eye due to the wrong medical care. She was born in Tianjin Municipality and she attended a school there for visually impaired children. She discovered she liked goalball where she had to use hearing and touch instead of sight.Wang Lijing: China's Vision-impaired Judo Medalist
Gu Juan, 13 September 2012, WomenOfChina, Retrieved 19 September 2016 She started to learn to be a judoka in 2002 and the following year she was placed second in the national women's judo 57-kg class for para-athletes. She continued to train and enter competitions and in 2008 she took the gold medal in the 57 kg class at the Beijing Paralympic Games in 2008. She beat

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of Germany to win the class. After this she decided to concentrate at the 52 kg class although this means that she has to have a strict diet. Wang took silver at the

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in London. She was beaten to the 52 kg class gold medal by Ramona Brussig.Judo at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London
19 September 2012, IBSASport, Retrieved 10 September 2016

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Lijing Chinese female judoka Living people 1989 births Paralympic judoka for China Paralympic gold medalists for China Paralympic silver medalists for China Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Judoka at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in judo 21st-century Chinese women Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Para Games