Lei Tianjiao
Chinese wheelchair basketball player
Lei Tianjiao (born 31 October 1993) is a Chinese wheelchair basketball player. She is a member of the China women's national wheelchair basketball team and the Beijing team. She plays as a centre. She won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics,[1][2] and the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Para Games.[3]
She finished with the team fourth at the 2018 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship,[4] and sixth at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[5][6]
In November 2009 she was involved in a traffic incident that resulted in a below-the-knee amputation of her right leg. When she was 17 years old she started with wheelchair basketball after the Beijing wheelchair basketball team was recruiting new players.
References
change- ↑ "China Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games". IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 2021-08-23. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ↑ "Facing failure with a smile, the Chinese women's wheelchair basketball team makes history". inf.news.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Wheelchair Basketball LEI Tianjiao - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". web.archive.org. 2021-09-06. Archived from the original on 2021-09-06. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ↑ "China Women name selections for 2018 World Championships". IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ↑ "Team Canada Women Place Fifth at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ↑ "Tianjiao Lei - Wheelchair Basketball | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
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