Tang Lin (judoka)

Tang Lin ( Chinese  唐琳 , Pinyin Táng Lín ; born May 7, 1976 in Neijiang ) is a former Chinese judoka who was 2000 Olympic champion in the weight class up to 78 kilograms.

The 1.78 m tall Tang Lin won the silver medal at the 1996 Asian Championships behind the Japanese Saki Yoshida . Two years later she won the Asian Games in Bangkok in 1998 in front of the Kazakh Varvara Massyagina .

After Tang Lin won the Chinese Championships in 2000, she was nominated for the Olympic Games in Sydney . In the quarterfinals she defeated the Brazilian Edinanci Silva and in the semifinals she won against the Belgian Heidi Rakels , both times through Waza-ari. Tang Lin won the final against Celine Lebrun from France with a Yuko rating. In 2001, the Olympic champion reached fifth place at the Super World Cup tournament in Seville. After that, her international career ended.

Web links

• Tang Lin in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Tournament results at judoinside.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Asia Championships 1996 at judoinside.com
2. ↑ Asian Games 1998 at judoinside.com

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Tang is the family name here, Lin is the first name.