Ma Lin (, born December 25, 1989) is a Chinese-Australian table tennis player who has only a left arm. Ma has won five Paralympic medals, four gold, in four

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, five world titles and eleven Asian titles in his sport. He was named the 2013 Male Para-Table Tennis Star during the

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in January 2014. Ma lost his right arm at age 5, after he went to the zoo with other children and stuck his arm in a cage to feed a bear. He sustained a knee injury in the 2014

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in Beijing.

Move to Australia

Ma moved to Melbourne, Australia in 2017. He also registered with

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, and competed in the Australian Open during the

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(with able-bodied athletes), losing his only match 0–4 to Thailand's Supanut Wisutmaythangkoon. He represented Australia at the

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, where he won silver medals in Men's Singles C9-10 and Men's Team C9-10 with Nathan Pellissier and

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. At the

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, he won the silver medal in the Men's singles C8–10.

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