Imagen
5418-Yanru Xu photo

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency
Origin of Impairment
Acquired

Further personal information

Languages
Mandarin

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
She took up Para swimming in 1996 in Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Why this sport?
It has been her ambition to become an elite athlete since she was a girl.

International debut

Year
2007
Competing for
China

General interest

Awards and honours
In 2012 she was named an Advanced Individual and Self-Improvement Model by the Impaired Federation of Nanjing, People's Republic of China. (jiangning.gov.cn, 21 May 2012)

She won a Sportsmanship Award at the 2006 National Championships. (jiangning.gov.cn, 16 Nov 2012)
Impairment
She lost her right arm after she was involved in a car accident at age four. (jscl.gov.cn, 16 Nov 2012)