Ni Xia Lian (; born 4 July 1963) is a
Chinese
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-born
table tennis
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player who represents
Luxembourg
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since 1991. She was born in
Shanghai
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, and resides in
Ettelbruck
Ettelbruck ( lb, Ettelbréck , german: Ettelbrück ) is a commune with town status in central Luxembourg, with a population of inhabitants.
History
Until 1850, both Erpeldange and Schieren were part of the Ettelbruck commune as well, but both ...
.
Career
Ni won team and mixed doubles gold medals for China in the
1983 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1983 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Tokyo. between 28 April–9 May 1983.
Results
Team
Individual
References
External linksITTF Museum
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. She moved to Germany in 1989 and settled in Luxembourg two years later. Her husband, Tommy Danielsson, is her coach and training partner. She competed at the
2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the third round of the
singles competition. She qualified for competition at the
2012 Summer Olympics in the
Women's singles competition. She lost 4–2 to 16-year-old
Ariel Hsing from the US in the 2nd round in the London games.
She competed for Luxembourg at the
2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro
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in the women's singles competition. She lost 4–2 to
Feng Tianwei
Feng Tianwei (, ) is a Singaporean table tennis player. Born in Harbin, China, she permanently moved to Singapore at the age of 20 under the former Foreign Sports Talent Scheme in March 2007 and commenced her international career in competi ...
of
Singapore
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in the 3rd round. She was the flag bearer for Luxembourg during the closing ceremony.
When she qualified for the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
at the age of 58, Ni became the oldest Olympian table tennis player.
In 2021, Ni, 58 years old, won the women's doubles bronze medal for Luxembourg (LUX) in
2021 World Table Tennis Championships
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alongside
Sarah de Nutte.
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See also
* List of table tennis players
This list of table tennis players is alphabetically ordered by surname. The main source of the information included in this page is the official International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) database. More detailed information about their careers is ...
* List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
Results of individual events
The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed).
Men's singles
Medal table
Women's singles
The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared ...
References
External links
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1963 births
Living people
Luxembourgian female table tennis players
Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic table tennis players of Luxembourg
Chinese expatriates in Germany
Chinese emigrants to Luxembourg
Table tennis players from Shanghai
Table tennis players at the 2015 European Games
Table tennis players at the 2019 European Games
European Games medalists in table tennis
European Games bronze medalists for Luxembourg
Chinese female table tennis players
Naturalised table tennis players
Naturalised citizens of Luxembourg
People from Ettelbruck
Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
World Table Tennis Championships medalists
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