Mao Jingdian

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1995|2|27}}

| birth_place = Taixing, Jiangsu, China

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| disability_class = 8

| playingstyle = Right-handed shakehand grip

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| highest_rank = 1 (April 2015){{cite web |url=http://stats.ipttc.org/en/profiles/3758/rankings |title=Mao Jingdian - ranking history |website=IPTTC.org |publisher=ITTF Para Table Tennis |accessdate=8 January 2020}}

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| height = 170 cm

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{{Chinese|s={{linktext|茅|经|典}}|t=茅經典|p=Máo Jīngdiǎn}}

Mao Jingdian ({{zh|c=茅经典}}, born 27 February 1995{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016/schedule-results/info-live-results/rio-2016/eng/zb/engzb_table-tennis-athlete-profile-n1233753-mao-jingdian.htm |title=Mao Jingdian - 2016 Summer Paralympics |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee|accessdate=8 January 2020}}) 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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/index.php/games/17/results?page=22 |title=Rio 2016 Results |website=InsideTheGames.biz |access-date=30 December 2019}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/jingdian-mao |title=Mao Jingdian |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=26 December 2019}}{{Cite web |url=http://stats.ipttc.org/en/profiles/3758 |title=Mao Jingdian - profile |website=IPTTC.org |publisher=ITTF Para Table Tennis |access-date=30 December 2019}} She also represented China at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan and won the gold medal in the women's individual C8 event.{{Cite web |title=Table Tennis Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/TTE/PG2020-_TTE_B99_TTE-------------------------------.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903143038/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/TTE/PG2020-_TTE_B99_TTE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=3 September 2021 |access-date=9 September 2021 |work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://epaper.qlwb.com.cn/qlwb/content/20170510/ArticelC06002FM.htm |title=残奥会冠军将来最想做公益 |last=Guo Liwei |language=zh |date=10 May 2017 |accessdate=8 January 2020 |newspaper=Qilu Evening News}}