Zobera Rahman Linu

Zobera Rahman Linu (Template:Lang-bn) is a famous Bangladeshi table tennis player. She is the only Bangladeshi sportswoman to have her name listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Achievements

Linu has won the national table tennis championships in the individual category 16 times, which is the most by any sportsperson in any country of the world. From 1977 to 2001 (24 years in a row, excluding 1981,1998 and 1999), she won 16 national women's singles titles in Bangladesh as a table tennis player. This feat was inaccurately mentioned in Daily Star (local newspaper of Bangladesh) as being in the Guinness World Records, however Daily Star had removed their article after realzing the error in their article. The rumor was proven to be inaccurate following a thorough serach of the Guiness World Records Database.

Also, Linu stood 5th in the 1980 Asian Table Tennis Championships held in Japan.

Linu is a national Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF in Bangladesh.

 Famous Bengali Table Tennis Player who were the only sportswoman to have her name listed in The Guinness book of world records.
 Started playing when she was 8 years old
 In 1974, her dad encouraged her and her sister to participate on a Table Tennis Championship. She became runners up with her sister becoming 1st.
 The most successful year for her has to be 1977, as she stood championship in singles, doubles and mixed doubles.
 From 1979 – 2001(24 years in a row) she won 16 national championships which is the best ever in any country in the world.
 The Guinness book of world record declared her name in 2002, where she stood 5th in 1980’s Asian Table Tennis Championship which took place in Japan.