Lin Yen-hung

{{short description|Taiwanese para table tennis player}}

{{Infobox table tennis player

| name = Lin Yen-hung

| image = File:Lin Yen Hung WPTTC2010 2.jpg

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| caption = Lin at the 2010 World Para Table Tennis Championships

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|3|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Yunlin County,{{cite web |url=https://www.oocities.org/colosseum/sideline/3519/paralympic_2004/20040907_tt_m5.htm |title=帕運點將》男桌臥虎藏龍 金有望 |date=7 September 2004 |language=zh |newspaper=Min Sheng Bao |last=Su Jia-hsiang |accessdate=12 February 2020}} Taiwan

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| playingstyle = Right-handed penhold

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| disability_class = 5

| highest_rank = 3 (December 2013){{cite web |url=http://stats.ipttc.org/en/profiles/1857/rankings |title=Lin Yen-Hung - ranking history |website=IPTTC.org |publisher=ITTF Para Table Tennis |accessdate=12 December 2019}}

| current_rank = 17 (February 2020)

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| height = 168 cm{{Cite web |url=http://stats.ipttc.org/en/profiles/1857 |title=Lin Yen-Hung - profile |date=10 December 2019 |website=IPTTC.org |publisher=ITTF Para Table Tennis}}

| weight = 60 kg{{cite web |url=http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=-1&personid=688934&WinterGames=0 |title=Lin Yen Hung |website=ipc.infostradasports.com |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |accessdate=2 February 2020}}{{dead link|date=February 2024}}

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{{Medal|Sport|Men's para table tennis}}

{{Medal|Country|{{TPE}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|Paralympic Games}}

{{Medal|Silver|2000 Sydney|Teams C5}}

{{Medal|Silver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Teams C4–5}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2017 Bratislava|Teams C5}}

{{Medal|Silver|2002 Taipei|Singles C5}}

{{Medal|Silver|2006 Montreux|Teams C5}}

{{Medal|Bronze|1998 Paris|Teams C5}}

{{Medal|Competition|Asian Para Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2010 Guangzhou|Teams C4–5}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2014 Incheon|Singles C5}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2014 Incheon|Teams C5}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2018 Jakarta|Singles C5}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2018 Jakarta|Teams C4–5}}

{{Medal|Competition|FESPIC Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|1999 Bangkok|Open singles in wheelchair}}

{{Medal|Gold|1999 Bangkok|Singles C5}}

{{Medal|Gold|1999 Bangkok|Teams C5}}

{{Medal|Silver|2002 Busan|Teams C5}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2002 Busan|Singles C5}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2006 Kuala Lumpur|Teams C5}}

{{Medal|Competition|Asian Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2005 Kuala Lumpur|Teams C5}}

{{Medal|Silver|2005 Kuala Lumpur|Open singles standing}}

{{Medal|Silver|2005 Kuala Lumpur|Singles C5}}

{{Medal|Silver|2007 Seoul|Teams C5}}

{{Medal|Silver|2009 Amman|Singles C5}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2013 Beijing|Singles C5}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2013 Beijing|Teams C5}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2015 Amman|Singles C5}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2015 Amman|Teams C5}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2019 Taichung|Teams C5}}

{{Medal|Competition|FESPIC Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|1999 Taipei|Teams C5}}

{{Medal|Gold|2003 Shanghai|Singles C5}}

{{Medal|Silver|1997 Hong Kong|Singles C5}}

{{Medal|Silver|1999 Taipei|Singles C5}}

{{Medal|Silver|1999 Taipei|Doubles C1–5}}

{{Medal|Silver|2001 Osaka|Singles C5}}

{{Medal|Silver|2001 Osaka|Teams C5}}

{{Medal|Silver|2003 Shanghai|Teams C5}}

{{Medal|Bronze|1997 Hong Kong|Open singles in wheelchair}}

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{{family name hatnote|Lin|lang=Chinese}}

Lin Yen-hung ({{zh|t=林晏弘}}, born 5 March 1958{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016/schedule-results/info-live-results/rio-2016/eng/zb/engzb_table-tennis-athlete-profile-n1152182-lin-yen-hung.htm |title=Lin Yen-Hung - 2016 Summer Paralympics |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |accessdate=10 December 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://db.ipc-services.org/hira/results-books/open/book/41 |title=Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - Official Results Book |website=ipc-services.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |date=19 September 2004}}) is a Taiwanese para table tennis player. He won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, and another silver at the 2016 Summer Paralympics at age 58.

He contracted polio when he was a child.{{cite web |url=https://www.soonnet.org/Daily/Dailyview.aspx?M=0&D=14758 |title=帕運／奪下這一銀 林晏弘、程銘志：人生肯定 |website=United Daily News |language=zh |date=21 September 2016 |accessdate=10 December 2019}} He began playing table tennis in 1975.

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