Mingtao Ma

People's Republic of China

Athletics | Nordic Skiing

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment

Limb deficiency

Origin of Impairment

Acquired

Classification

LW5/7

Further personal information

Family

One son

Residence

China

Occupation

Athlete

Languages

Mandarin

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

He took up the sport in December 2015 at the Yalibu ski resort in Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China.

Why this sport?

He was influenced by Beijing's successful bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2022.

Club / Team

Shandong Province: Qingdao, CHN

Name of coach

Zhu Dewen [national], CHN

International debut

Year

2016

Competing for

China

Location

Germany

General interest

Hobbies

Football, running. (Athlete, 04 Mar 2022)

Memorable sporting achievement

Competing at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (Athlete, 04 Mar 2022)

Most influential person in career

His parents. (Athlete, 04 Mar 2022)

Hero / Idol

Chinese Para distance runner Li Chaoyan. (Athlete, 04 Mar 2022)

Sporting philosophy / motto

"Love sports and love life." (Weibo profile, 02 Jun 2017)

Other sports

He has competed in Para athletics [distance running] at national level in the People's Republic of China. (iranshao.com, 08 Jul 2016)

Ambitions

To win a medal at the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing. (xinhuanet.com, 08 Feb 2022)

Impairment

In 2000 he lost both arms after accidentally touching electric wires. (Athlete, 18 Mar 2018; iranshao.com, 08 Jul 2016)

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

2017 IPC Nordic skiing World Championships Finsterau, GER (Finsterau, Germany)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's Sprint - Free Style Standing	Final	2017-02-12	15
Men's Long Distance - Classic Standing	Final	2017-02-16	14
Men's Middle Distance - Free Style Standing	Final	2017-02-19	16

Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games (Pyeongchang, South Korea)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 20km Free Standing	Final	2018-03-12	10
Men's 1.5km Sprint Classic Standing	Final	2018-03-14	15
Men's 10km Classic Standing	Final	2018-03-17	8
4x2.5km Open Relay	Final	2018-03-18	10