Fan Feifei
.jpg) Fan at the 2012 Summer Paralympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 1, 1989 Shouguang,[1] Shandong, China |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Women's goalball |
| Disability class | B3[2] |
Medal record | |
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 had congenital cataract, a kind of visual impairment. 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
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b "Goalball Women Gold Medal Match Start List" (PDF). 2012 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Feifei Fan". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ 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). Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
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