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Song was born in 1996 and she lost the use of her legs due to polio.<ref name=fmt>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160910142110/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-09/09/c_135673822.htm China's Song grabs 100m backstroke S6 gold in Rio], 9 September 2016, Xinhuanet.com, Retrieved 12 September 2016</ref> At the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] in London she won a silver medal in the SB5 100 m backstroke (S6). |
Song was born in 1996 and she lost the use of her legs due to polio.<ref name=fmt>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160910142110/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-09/09/c_135673822.htm China's Song grabs 100m backstroke S6 gold in Rio], 9 September 2016, Xinhuanet.com, Retrieved 12 September 2016</ref> She took up swimming in 2009 and her coach was Li Jianhui. Her swimming hero was [[Ning Zetao]]. In 2010 at the [[World Para Swimming Championships|IPC Swimming World Championships]] at Eindhoven in the Netherlands she gained a silver and a bronze medal swimming freestyle and a gold medal in the 4x50m medley. At the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] in London she won a silver medal in the SB5 100 m backstroke (S6).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lingling Song - Swimming {{!}} Paralympic Athlete Profile |url=https://www.paralympic.org/lingling-song |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}}</ref> |
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At the [[2016 Summer Paralympics]] in Rio she won a gold medal in the 100m backstroke (S6). Her team mate [[Lu Dong]] took the silver.<ref name=story>[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2016/sep/08/paralympics-2016-day-one-from-rio-live?page=with:block-57d1cf17e4b07ac3d446a514 Paralympics 2016: Storey clinches 12th gold as Dias thrills Rio crowd – as it happened], The Guardian, Retrieved 9 September 2016</ref> In the 200 metres she took another silver medal after being beaten by [[Ellie Simmonds]] of Great Britain. |
At the [[2016 Summer Paralympics]] in Rio she won a gold medal in the 100m backstroke (S6). Her team mate [[Lu Dong]] took the silver.<ref name=story>[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2016/sep/08/paralympics-2016-day-one-from-rio-live?page=with:block-57d1cf17e4b07ac3d446a514 Paralympics 2016: Storey clinches 12th gold as Dias thrills Rio crowd – as it happened], The Guardian, Retrieved 9 September 2016</ref> In the 200 metres she took another silver medal after being beaten by [[Ellie Simmonds]] of Great Britain. |
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Revision as of 08:56, 5 December 2022
Song Lingling (born 17 January 1996) is a Chinese Paralympic swimmer competing in the S6 class. She has won two silver and a gold paralympic medal.
Life
Song was born in 1996 and she lost the use of her legs due to polio.[2] She took up swimming in 2009 and her coach was Li Jianhui. Her swimming hero was Ning Zetao. In 2010 at the IPC Swimming World Championships at Eindhoven in the Netherlands she gained a silver and a bronze medal swimming freestyle and a gold medal in the 4x50m medley. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London she won a silver medal in the SB5 100 m backstroke (S6).[3]
At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio she won a gold medal in the 100m backstroke (S6). Her team mate Lu Dong took the silver.[4] In the 200 metres she took another silver medal after being beaten by Ellie Simmonds of Great Britain.
Song was at the World Para Swimming Allianz Championships in 2019 in London. She was the world record holder and she competed in the 100m backstroke S6 and took silver to the gold gained by Verena Schott of Germany.[5]
References
- ^ Song Lingling, Rio2016, Retrieved 9 September 2016
- ^ China's Song grabs 100m backstroke S6 gold in Rio, 9 September 2016, Xinhuanet.com, Retrieved 12 September 2016
- ^ "Lingling Song - Swimming | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
- ^ Paralympics 2016: Storey clinches 12th gold as Dias thrills Rio crowd – as it happened, The Guardian, Retrieved 9 September 2016
- ^ "London 2019: Alice Tai's fourth gold ends Long unbeaten run". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
- Paralympic swimmers of China
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Living people
- 1996 births
- Paralympic gold medalists for China
- Paralympic silver medalists for China
- Paralympic bronze medalists for China
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- S6-classified Paralympic swimmers
- Sportspeople from Shandong
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Chinese female freestyle swimmers
- Chinese female backstroke swimmers
- Chinese female breaststroke swimmers
- Chinese female medley swimmers
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
- 21st-century Chinese women