Xia Lian Ni
Personal information
Nationality	Luxembourgish
Born	(1963-07-04) 4 July 1963 (age 60) Shanghai, China
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing style	Left-handed, penhold
Highest ranking	6 (25 May 1985)[1]
Current ranking	40 (December 2021) [2]
Medal record Women's table tennis Representing  Luxembourg World Championships 2021 Houston Doubles European Games 2019 Minsk Singles European Championships 1998 Eindhoven Singles 2002 Zagreb Singles 2002 Zagreb Mixed doubles 2000 Bremen Doubles 2007 Belgrade Singles 2018 Alicante Doubles 2022 Munich Doubles Games of the Small States of Europe 2009 Cyprus Singles 2009 Cyprus Doubles 2009 Cyprus Team 2011 Liechtenstein Singles 2011 Liechtenstein Doubles 2011 Liechtenstein Team 2013 Luxembourg Doubles 2013 Luxembourg Team 2015 Iceland Team Representing  China World Championships 1983 Tokyo Team 1983 Tokyo Mixed doubles 1985 Gothenburg Doubles 1983 Tokyo Doubles

Ni Xia Lian (Chinese: 倪夏莲; born 4 July 1963) is a Chinese-born table tennis player who represents Luxembourg since 1991. She was born in Shanghai, and resides in Ettelbruck.

Career

Ni won team and mixed doubles gold medals for China in the 1983 World Table Tennis Championships.^[3][4][5] She moved to Germany in 1989 and settled in Luxembourg two years later. Her husband, Tommy Danielsson, is her coach and training partner. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the third round of the singles competition. She qualified for competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's singles competition. She lost 4–2 to 16-year-old Ariel Hsing from the US in the 2nd round in the London games.

She competed for Luxembourg at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the women's singles competition. She lost 4–2 to Feng Tianwei of Singapore in the 3rd round.^[6] She was the flag bearer for Luxembourg during the closing ceremony.^[7]

When she qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics at the age of 58, Ni became the oldest Olympian table tennis player.^[8]

In 2021, Ni, 58 years old, won the women's doubles bronze medal for Luxembourg (LUX) in 2021 World Table Tennis Championships alongside Sarah de Nutte.^[9]