Li Qian (Polish table tennis)
Li Qian (born July 30, 1986 in Baoding) is a Chinese-Polish female table tennis player, who currently lives in Tarnobrzeg and represents the team of Siarka Tarnobrzeg.
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Nationality | Polish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Baoding, China | July 30, 1986|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Li Qian became a naturalised citizen of Poland in November 2007. In early 2008, Li Qian became the first ever female Polish table tennis player to take part in the prestigious TOP-12 in Frankfurt am Main. She reached the final, losing to Li Jiao from the Netherlands. She competed for Poland at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
In May 2008, she was 26th in the world rank of the International Table Tennis Federation, and fifth in the European rank of the ITTF.
In February 2009, she won the TOP-12 in Düsseldorf, defeating Li Jie in the final match. Li Qian was ranked 3rd in Europe and 22nd on the world ranking list.