Getting to know Lina Lei

Lina Lei is a medal-winning Para athlete, who began playing Table Tennis for Australia at the Rio 2016 Games. The self-confessed sweet tooth has been preparing for Paris 2024 at MSAC, where she hopes to win more medals to add to her collection – no matter the colour!

This is your fourth selection for Australia, congratulations!

I’m so proud of representing Australia and to play this Paralympic Games, it’s very exciting and we cannot wait to play there.

What are your goals for Paris 2024?

Maybe still get some medals? It doesn’t matter what kind of colour, but just to try to do my best.

How have you enjoyed the facilities at MSAC for your pre-Paris training?

[It’s] such a good facility. [It’s] a big venue and very similar to the Paris venue, so we should be ready for it.

Have you been to Paris before? What are you most looking forward to about getting to the village?

I have been a couple of times before, but a very long time ago. [It will be] very exciting to see the village, because before, when I went to Paris, it was as a tourist, not for the competition.

We hear you have a sweet tooth, what’s your go-to treat after your competition has finished?

Any chocolate is my favourite!