Liu Yutong (born 5 March 2004) is a

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...

para badminton Para-badminton is a variant of badminton for athletes with a range of physical disabilities. Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the main governing body for para-badminton starting from June 2011. The sport was governed by Para Badminton World Fede ...

player. She won gold in

para-badminton Para-badminton is a variant of badminton for athletes with a range of physical disabilities. Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the main governing body for para-badminton starting from June 2011. The sport was governed by Para Badminton World Fed ...

at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...

in the women's singles WH2 event. She also won silver in the women's doubles WH1''–''WH2 event with her partner Yin Menglu.

Personal life

Liu was born in

Cangzhou Cangzhou () is a prefecture-level city in eastern Hebei province, People's Republic of China. At the 2020 census, Cangzhou's built-up (''or metro'') area made of Yunhe, Xinhua districts and Cang County largely being conurbated had a populatio ...

. In 2009, Liu was involved in a traffic accident which caused her to lose both of her legs. In 2016, she was drafted to the Chinese national wheelchair badminton team.

Achievements

Paralympic Games

''Women's singles WH2'' ''Women's doubles WH1–WH2''

World Championships

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles''

Asian Para Games

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Asian Championships

''Women's singles''

Asian Youth Para Games

''Women's singles''

International Tournaments (9 titles, 1 runner-up)

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

References

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