Lian Qian

Lian Qian
Nation:	Dominican Republic
Date of birth:	February 19, 1983
Place of birth:	China
Playing hand:	Right handed
How to play:	Shakehand
Best world ranking :	71 (July 2004)

Lian Qian (born February 19, 1983 in China) is a table tennis player from China who has performed internationally for the Dominican Republic since 2004 . In 2008 she took part in the Olympic Games.

Lian Qian won several gold medals at the Latin American Championships, around 2005 in singles and mixed (with Lin Ju ) and in 2008 in doubles with Wu Xue and with the team. There is also silver in 2008 in singles and in mixed with Juan Antonio Vila Batista.

In 2006 and 2006 she took part in the World Cup without coming close to medal ranks. In 2008 she qualified for the first time to take part in the Olympic Games . She prevailed in the preliminary round against Victorine Agum Fomum from Cameroon. Then she was eliminated in the main round against the Thai Nanthana Komwong . With the team she came in 13th.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
DOM	Latin American Championship	2008	Santo Domingo	DOM	silver	gold	silver	1
DOM	Latin American Championship	2005	Punta Del Este	URU	gold		gold
DOM	Olympic games	2008	Beijing	CHN	last 128			13
DOM	PAN-American Games	2007	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	Quarter finals
DOM	Pro tour	2004	Chicago	United States	last 32
DOM	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				27
DOM	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	last 128	last 64	Scratched
DOM	World cup	2005	Guangzhou	CHN	13-16 space

Individual evidence

1. ^ Lian Qian results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed December 10, 2013)

Web links

• Lian Qian biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed December 10, 2013)
• Lian Qian Article about Lian Qian on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed December 10, 2013)
• Lian Qian in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) (accessed December 10, 2013)