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'''Zobera Rahman Linu''' is a Bangladeshi [[table tennis]] player. She won a record 16 national championships during 1979–2001.<ref name=queen/> She is the recipient of [[National Sports Awards|Bangladesh National Sports Award]] (1999) in the table tennis category.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2006/15thanniv/sports/sports08.htm|title=The evergreen Linu|work=The Daily Star|date=2006-02-13|access-date=2018-09-15}}</ref>
'''Zobera Rahman Linu''' is a Bangladeshi [[table tennis]] player. She won a record 16 national championships during 1979–2001.<ref name=queen/> She is the recipient of [[National Sports Awards|Bangladesh National Sports Award]] (1999) in the table tennis category.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2006/15thanniv/sports/sports08.htm|title=The evergreen Linu|work=The Daily Star|date=2006-02-13|access-date=2018-09-15}}</ref>



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Latest revision as of 19:39, 28 November 2024

Zobera Rahman Linu
Native nameজোবেরা রহমান লিনু
NationalityBangladeshi
Born (1965-06-09) 9 June 1965 (age 59)[1][2]
Kaptai, Rangamati District, Bangladesh
Table tennis career
Playing styleShakehand, all-round attack

Zobera Rahman Linu is a Bangladeshi table tennis player. She won a record 16 national championships during 1979–2001.[1] She is the recipient of Bangladesh National Sports Award (1999) in the table tennis category.[3]

Early life and education

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Linu grew up in Sylhet at Shahzibazar. She passed SSC from Rosulpur school of Narsingdi District. She completed her HSC and BA from Lalmatia Girls College in Dhaka. She later earned her master's in psychology from Jagannath College.[1]

Career

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Linu started playing when she was 8 years old. In 1977, she won the championships in singles, doubles and mixed doubles.[1] She won 16 national championships during 1979–2001.[1] She stood 5th in 1980's Asian Table Tennis Championship which took place in Japan.

Linu participated at the World Table Tennis Championships in 1977 and 2000.[2]

Linu served as the Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF in Bangladesh.[1]

Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Sultan Quamrun Nahar (2005-01-28). "The Table Tennis Queen". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  2. ^ a b "Player profile". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  3. ^ "The evergreen Linu". The Daily Star. 2006-02-13. Retrieved 2018-09-15.