Three men on a podium, posing for the camera

Furong Lin

People's Republic of China

Swimming

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment

Limb deficiency

Origin of Impairment

Acquired

Classification

S10, SB9, SM10

Further personal information

Residence

Foshan, CHN

Occupation

Athlete

Languages

Cantonese, Mandarin

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

He began swimming in 2005 at the Foshan Sports Institute in the People's Republic of China.

Club / Team

Nanhai: Foshan, CHN

Name of coach

Li Mengzhong [national], CHN; Li Kehua [personal], from 2005, CHN

International debut

Year

2007

Competing for

China

Location

United States

General interest

Nicknames

Little Eagle (news.163.com, 18 Dec 2015)

Memorable sporting achievement

Winning gold at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (Athlete, 11 Jul 2015)

Most influential person in career

His mother. (Athlete, 11 Jul 2015)

Hero / Idol

Chinese Para swimmer Xu Qing. (Athlete, 11 Jul 2015)

Sporting philosophy / motto

"Higher, faster, stronger." (Athlete, 11 Jul 2015)

Awards and honours

In 2016 he was presented with a Merit Citation Class One and a May 1st Labour Medal by the Guangdong provincial government in the People's Republic of China. (szb.nanhaitoday.com, 29 Sep 2016)

He was named the 2014 Best Male Athlete by the Asian Paralympic Committee. (paralympic.org, 04 Dec 2014)

In 2013 he was named one of the Top 10 Outstanding Young People in the People's Republic of China. (gddpf.org.cn, 11 Oct 2013)

Impairment

All the fingers on his right hand were amputated after he was involved in an accident while playing with fireworks at age eight. (citygf.com, 08 Sep 2016; Athlete, 11 Jul 2015)

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Heat 1	2
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts	Final Round	2
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts	Heat 1	2
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Final Round	2

IPC Swimming World Championships Eindhoven 2010 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts	Final Round	4
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts	Heat 1	2
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM10	Heat 1	5
Men's 100 m Butterfly S10	Heat 2	5
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Final Round	3
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Heat 1	2

London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 50 m Freestyle S10	Heat 2	2012-08-31	3
Men's 50 m Freestyle S10	Final Round	2012-08-31	7
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts	Final Round	2012-09-02	2
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts	Heat 1	2012-09-02	2
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34pts	Heat 2	2012-09-08	2
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34pts	Final Round	2012-09-08	1
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Heat 1	2012-09-08	1
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Final Round	2012-09-08	3

2013 IPC Swimming World Championships (Montreal, Canada)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Heat 2	2013-08-14	7
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Final 1	2013-08-14	2
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts	Final 1	2013-08-15	4
Men's 50 m Freestyle S10	Final 1	2013-08-18	8
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34pts	Final 1	2013-08-18	1

2015 IPC Swimming World Championships (Glasgow, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 50 m Freestyle S10	Heat 2	2015-07-13	9
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM10	Heat 2	2015-07-14	11
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Heat 1	2015-07-15	5
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Final 1	2015-07-15	5
Men's 100 m Backstroke S10	Heat 1	2015-07-16	14
Men's 100 m Butterfly S10	Heat 1	2015-07-17	11
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts	Heat 1	2015-07-17	7
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34pts	Final 1	2015-07-18	2
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34pts	Heat 1	2015-07-18	3
Men's 100 m Freestyle S10	Heat 2	2015-07-18	13

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Heat 2	2016-09-08	4
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB9	Final Round	2016-09-08	4
Men's 50 m Freestyle S10	Heat 2	2016-09-09	3
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts	Final Round	2016-09-14	3
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34pts	Final Round	2016-09-17	1