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Zobera Rahman Linu

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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. [1]

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 recognized by the Guinness World Records in 2002. Also, Linu stood 5th in the 1980 Asian Table Tennis Championships held in Japan.

Linu is a national Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF in Bangladesh.

Notes and references

  1. ^ Article on Linu
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