Mao Jingdian
Born	(1995-02-27) 27 February 1995 (age 29) Taixing, Jiangsu, China
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing style	Right-handed shakehand grip
Disability class	8
Highest ranking	1 (April 2015)[3]
Current ranking	1
Medal record Women's para table tennis Representing  China Paralympic Games 2012 London Singles C8 2016 Rio de Janeiro Singles C8 2020 Tokyo Singles C8 2020 Tokyo Teams C6-8 World Championships 2014 Beijing Singles C8 2018 Lasko Singles C8 Asian Para Games 2010 Guangzhou Singles C6-8 2014 Incheon Singles C8 2014 Incheon Teams C6-8 2018 Jakarta Singles C8 2022 Hangzhou Singles C9 2018 Jakarta Teams C8-10 Asian Championships 2015 Amman Singles C8 2017 Beijing Singles C8 2017 Beijing Teams C6-8 2019 Taichung Singles C8 2019 Taichung Teams C8 Asian and Oceanic Championships 2009 Amman Singles C6-8 2009 Amman Teams C6-10 2011 Hong Kong Singles C6-8

Mao Jingdian (Chinese: 茅经典, born 27 February 1995^[4]) is a Chinese para table tennis player.

Career

She won the gold medal in the women's individual C8 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and the same event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.^[5][6][1] She also represented China at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan and won the gold medal in the women's individual C8 event.^[7]

She has won numerous titles at the Asia and Oceania Championships (in 2009 and 2011), Asian Para Games (in 2010, 2014 and 2018) and the Asian Championships (in 2017 and 2019).

Personal life

Mao was a table tennis prodigy before her disability. She represented her home province Jiangsu in national competitions in 2005, when she was 10 years old. However, later that year, an injury and a misdiagnosis caused a dislocated hip, which forced her retirement. She began playing seriously again after meeting para table tennis coach Yuan Feng in 2009.^[8]