Fan Feifei

Fan Feifei (Chinese: 范菲菲; pinyin: Fàn Fēifēi, born 1 September 1989[2]) is a Chinese retired goalball player. She won a silver medal at both the 2008 Summer Paralympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[3]

Fan Feifei
Personal information
Born (1989-09-01) September 1, 1989
Shouguang,[1] Shandong, China
Sport
SportWomen's goalball
Disability classB3[2]
Medal record
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
2008 Beijing Team
2012 London Team
Asian Para Games
2010 GuangzhouTeam
In this Chinese name, the family name is Fan.

Fan had congenital cataract. She began playing goalball when she was 10 years old; just a year later she helped her province Shandong win a bronze medal at the National Para Games, at the age of 11. Donations poured in after her story was publicized, and she has since gained 20/200 vision through a cataract surgery in Shanghai.[1]

Like her national teammates Lin Shan, Wang Ruixue, and Ju Zhen, Fan started playing the sport under coach Wang Jinqin at the Weifang School of the Blind in Weifang, Shandong.[4]

References
  1. Dong Hui; Zhang Haopian (24 December 2012). "门球，给了她们一双眼". Qilu Evening News (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  2. "Goalball Women Gold Medal Match Start List" (PDF). 2012 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  3. "Feifei Fan". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  4. Zhang Hao (1 August 2014). ""潍坊好人"群体已经扩大到468人 每月评选张榜公布". Qilu Evening News (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 January 2020.


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