Xu Qing (born September 27, 1992) is a Chinese

Paralympic swimmer Para swimming is an adaptation of the sport of swimming for athletes with disabilities. Para swimmers compete at the Summer Paralympic Games and at other sports competitions throughout the world. The sport is governed by the International Paral ...

. He lost both his arms in a car accident when he was 6 and began swimming training at 7, introduced to the sport by a doctor who had himself been a para-athlete. Competing in the S6 classification, Xu won 3 gold and one bronze medal at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It wa ...

and 4 gold medals at the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

. , Xu holds S6 World records in 50 m freestyle and 50 m butterfly events; he also swam in the 2008 Chinese relay team that holds the 4 x 50 m medley 20pts World Record.

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* http://www.paralympic.org/athlete/qing-xu Paralympic swimmers for China Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for China Paralympic silver medalists for China Living people World record holders in paralympic swimming 1992 births Place of birth missing (living people) Swimmers from Henan Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics S6-classified para swimmers Paralympic bronze medalists for China Chinese male butterfly swimmers Chinese male freestyle swimmers Chinese male medley swimmers People from Pingdingshan Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Paralympic medalists in swimming 21st-century Chinese people {{PRChina-Paralympic-medalist-stub