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Lin Yen-hung (Chinese: 林晏弘, born 5 March 1958[5][6]) is a Taiwanese para table tennis player. He won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, and another silver at the 2016 Summer Paralympics at age 58.

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Lin Yen-hung
Personal information
Born (1958-03-05) 5 March 1958 (age 66)
Yunlin County,[1] Taiwan
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Weight60 kg (132 lb)[3]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed penhold
Disability class5
Highest ranking3 (December 2013)[4]
Current ranking17 (February 2020)
Medal record
Men's para table tennis
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place2000 SydneyTeams C5
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeams C4–5
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 BratislavaTeams C5
Silver medal – second place2002 TaipeiSingles C5
Silver medal – second place2006 MontreuxTeams C5
Bronze medal – third place1998 ParisTeams C5
Asian Para Games
Bronze medal – third place2010 GuangzhouTeams C4–5
Bronze medal – third place2014 IncheonSingles C5
Bronze medal – third place2014 IncheonTeams C5
Bronze medal – third place2018 JakartaSingles C5
Bronze medal – third place2018 JakartaTeams C4–5
FESPIC Games
Gold medal – first place1999 BangkokOpen singles in wheelchair
Gold medal – first place1999 BangkokSingles C5
Gold medal – first place1999 BangkokTeams C5
Silver medal – second place2002 BusanTeams C5
Bronze medal – third place2002 BusanSingles C5
Bronze medal – third place2006 Kuala LumpurTeams C5
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2005 Kuala LumpurTeams C5
Silver medal – second place2005 Kuala LumpurOpen singles standing
Silver medal – second place2005 Kuala LumpurSingles C5
Silver medal – second place2007 SeoulTeams C5
Silver medal – second place2009 AmmanSingles C5
Bronze medal – third place2013 BeijingSingles C5
Bronze medal – third place2013 BeijingTeams C5
Bronze medal – third place2015 AmmanSingles C5
Bronze medal – third place2015 AmmanTeams C5
Bronze medal – third place2019 TaichungTeams C5
FESPIC Championships
Gold medal – first place1999 TaipeiTeams C5
Gold medal – first place2003 ShanghaiSingles C5
Silver medal – second place1997 Hong KongSingles C5
Silver medal – second place1999 TaipeiSingles C5
Silver medal – second place1999 TaipeiDoubles C1–5
Silver medal – second place2001 OsakaSingles C5
Silver medal – second place2001 OsakaTeams C5
Silver medal – second place2003 ShanghaiTeams C5
Bronze medal – third place1997 Hong KongOpen singles in wheelchair
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Lin Yen-hung
Chinese
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Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLín Yànhóng
Wade–GilesLin2 Yen4-hung2
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He contracted polio when he was a child.[7] He began playing table tennis in 1975.[3]

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