Nationality Chinese Disability class S6 | Sport swimming | |
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Born 17 January 1996 (age 21) ( 1996-01-17 ) China Event(s) Freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, medley | ||
Song Lingling (born 17 January 1996) is a Chinese Paralympic swimmer competing in the S6 class. She has won two silver and a gold paralympic medal.
Life
Song was born in 1996 and she lost the use of her legs due to polio. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London she won a silver medal in the SB5 100 m backstroke (S6).
At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in London she won a gold medal in the 100 m backstroke (S6). Her team mate Lu Dong took the silver. In the 200 metres she took another silver medal after being beaten by Ellie Simmonds of Great Britain.
References
Song Lingling Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA