Xiong Dezhi (born 29 April 1988) is a

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

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from China competing mainly in T38 classification sprint events. Xiong represented her country at the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

in London, where she a silver as part of the women's 4 × 100 m relay (T35–38). She also competed in the 100m and 200m (T38) sprint events, just finishing outside the medals in fourth position in both.

Personal history

Xiong was born in

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...

, China in 1988. She has

cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sensa ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Xiong, Dezhi Paralympic athletes for China Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for China Living people 1988 births Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Chinese female sprinters Runners from Yunnan Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) 21st-century Chinese women Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games