Ni Xialian

Ni Xialian
Born	4 July 1963 Shanghai, China
Highest ranking	8 (April 2002)[1]
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb; 8.7 st)
Medal record Representing  Luxembourg European Table Tennis Championships 1998 Eindhoven Singles 2002 Zagreb Singles 2002 Zagreb Mixed Doubles 2000 Bremen Doubles 2007 Belgrade Singles Games of the Small States of Europe 2009 Cyprus Singles 2009 Cyprus Doubles 2009 Cyprus Team 2011 Liechtenstein Singles 2011 Liechtenstein Doubles 2011 Liechtenstein Team 2013 Luxembourg Doubles 2013 Luxembourg Team 2015 Iceland Team Representing  China World Table Tennis Championships 1983 Tokyo Team 1983 Tokyo Mixed Doubles 1985 Gothenburg Doubles 1983 Tokyo Doubles

Ni Xialian (Chinese: 倪夏莲; born 4 July 1963) is a female Chinese-born table tennis player who now represents Luxembourg. She was born in Shanghai, and resides in Ettelbruck.

She won team and individual gold medals in the 1983 World Table Tennis Championships.

She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the third round of the singles competition.

She qualified for competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's singles competition. She lost 4-2 to 16-year-old Ariel Hsing from the USA in the 2nd round in the London games.

She moved to Germany in 1989 and settled down in Luxembourg two years later. Her husband, Tommy Danielsson, is her coach and training partner.

References

1. "ITTF World ranking". www.ittf.com. Retrieved 25 July 2014.

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