Lü Lin (table tennis)

Lü Lin (Chinese: 吕林; born April 6, 1969, in Wenling)[1] is a Chinese table tennis player and Olympic champion. He uses a pen-grip topspin style, and is best known for the combination of him and Wang Tao in men's doubles championships.

Lü Lin
Medal record
Representing  China
Men's Table tennis
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Doubles
In this Chinese name, the family name is Lü.

He won a gold medal in men's doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona with Wang Tao.[2]

They took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta again, where they won a silver medal.[3]

The combo also won the men's doubles title at 1993 and 1995 World Table Tennis Championships.

Lü Lin's son, Lü Xiang (born 1996), is also a table tennis player. He won the Men's Doubles title at the 2014 German Open.[4]

References
  1. Lu Lin sports-reference.com
  2. "1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Table Tennis" Archived 2008-08-23 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 7, 2008)
  3. "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Table Tennis" Archived 2008-08-22 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 7, 2008)
  4. Tan, Patrick (1 August 2014). "Lü Xiang: The Son Of An Olympic Champion". Tabletennista.com.
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