Yang Qian (Chinese: 杨倩; Chinese: 楊倩; pinyin: Yáng Qiàn,
born 17 June 1996) is a Chinese-Australian table tennis player who has only a right arm. Yang has won eight medals - four gold and four silver at Paralympic Games. In representing Australia, at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, she won a gold and silver medal and at the 2024 Paris Paralympics two gold medals.
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Table tennis
Yang's left arm was amputated following an accident when she was eight years old. She first played the sport when she was five years old. Yang moved to Melbourne, Australia in 2017 or later. She also registered with Table Tennis Australia, and competed in the Australian Open during the 2019 ITTF World Tour (with able-bodied athletes), losing her only singles match 1–4 to France's Audrey Zarif.
In 2020, Yang represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics where she won the gold medal in the Women's Singles C10 and the silver medal in the Women's Team C9-10 .
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won the gold medal in the Women's singles C6–10.
At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, she won two gold medals - Women's Singles 10 and Women's Doubles 20 with Lei Lina.
Recognition
2022 - Member of the Australian Table Table Tennis Team (Class 9–10) that was awarded 2020 Paralympics Australia Team of the Year.
2022 – Medal of the Order of Australia for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020
2024 - Victorian Institute of Sport Para Athlete of The Year with Emily Petricola