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| Nickname | Armless Mermaid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 19, 1991[1] CHAOYANG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classifications | S5/SB6/SM5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Liaoning Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Li Jianhui | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dong Lu (born 19 December 1991) is a Chinese Paralympic swimmer, who won gold and silver medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She got 38.28 seconds on 50m butterfly. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics she won four gold medals with three world record. Lu lost both her arms after being hit by a motorist at age six.[1]
Swimming career
During her career, Dong has received the May 1st Labour Medal, the May 4th Youth Medal and has been named a March 8 Red Banner Pacesetter in the People's Republic of China.[1]
Major achievements:
WR: World Record
- 2012: Won gold at the 2012 Paralympics in London in the Women's 100 metre backstroke S6, and silver in the Women's 50m butterfly S6.[2][3]
- 2016: Won silver in the Women's 100 metre backstroke S6 at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics.[4]
- 2021 Won Gold in the Mixed 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay 20pts alongside team members Zhang Li 36.22, Toe Zheng 1:06.70, Yuan Weiyi 1:38.08, Lu Dong 2:15.49 with comdined team WR 2:15.49 at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. Won Gold in the Women's 50 metre butterfly S5 with WR 39.54. Won Gold in the Women's 50 metre backstroke S5 with WR 37.18.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 "Swimming Lu Dong - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". olympics.com. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ↑ "Women's 100m Backstroke - S6". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 2012-08-30. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ↑ "Women's 50m Butterfly - S6". The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- ↑ "Women's 100m Backstroke - S6 - Standings". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
- ↑ "Mixed 4x50m Freestyle - 20pts -Swimming - Final Results". olympics.com. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
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