Gui Lin ( zh, c=林桂, p=Lín Guì, born 1 October 1993 in

Nanning Nanning; is the capital of the Guangxi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in South China, southern China. It is known as the "Green City (绿城) " because of its abundance of lush subtropical foliage. Located in the South of Guangxi, Nanning ...

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) is a

table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...

player from

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

. She was naturalized as a Brazilian in 2012 and was selected to be part of the Brazilian National Team competing in

table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place from Saturday 28 July to Wednesday 8 August 2012 at ExCeL London. 174 athletes, 86 men and 88 women, competed in four events. Table tennis has appeared at the Summer Olympics on si ...

. She was awarded 2 silver medals in her sport during the

2015 Pan American Games The 2015 Pan American Games (), officially the XVII Pan American Games () and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games (Toronto 2015), were a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Pan American Games, ...

. She currently trains under the supervision of Pan-American Medalist Hugo Hoyama. She also holds Chinese nationality.

Personal life

Lin has been living in Brazil since the age of 12 as an exchange student and naturalized Brazilian at the age of 18. She speaks fluent Portuguese and identifies with Brazilian culture, claiming to be "Brazilian at heart from birth". She currently lives in

São Bernardo do Campo São Bernardo do Campo () is a Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the state of São Paulo. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 810,729 (2022 census) in an area of . According to 2021 data from ...

where she trains with Hugo Hoyama, who, like her, identifies with soccer team

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras The Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with an ...

. She held a relationship with soccer player Chen Zhizhao.

Criticism

She has been the target of criticism for being selected over Jessica Yamada to be the third player on the Brazilian Team for the 2012 Olympic Games despite being lower-ranked at the time. The Brazilian Team coach argued that his choice for Lin was technical, stating that Lin was currently the best Brazilian player overall and was lower-ranked due to injuries in the previous season, which made her unable to play and consequently dropping positions on the ranking.

References

Living people 1993 births Sportspeople from Nanning Brazilian female table tennis players Chinese emigrants to Brazil Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Naturalized citizens of Brazil Olympic table tennis players for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists in table tennis Table tennis players from Guangxi Naturalised table tennis players South American Games gold medalists for Brazil South American Games silver medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2015 Pan American Games Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Brazilian people of Chinese descent 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen {{Brazil-tabletennis-bio-stub