Wang Lijing

Wang Lijing (born 10 April 1989)

She started to learn to be a judoka in 2002 and the following year she was placed second in the national women's judo 57-kg class for para-athletes. She continued to train and enter competitions and in 2008 she took the gold medal in the 57 kg class at the Beijing Paralympic Games in 2008. She beat Ramona Brussig of Germany to win the class. After this she decided to concentrate at the 52 kg class although this means that she has to have a strict diet.