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'{{short description|Bangladeshi table tennis player}} [[File:Zobera Rahman Linu.jpg|thumb|Zobera Rahman Linu]] {{Infobox table tennis player | name = Zobera Rahman Linu | native_name = জোবেরা রহমান লিনু | native_name_lang = bn | nationality = Bangladeshi | playingstyle = [[Table tennis styles#All-round Attacker|Shakehand, all-round attack]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|06|09|df=y}}<ref name=queen>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2005/01/04/sports.htm|title=The Table Tennis Queen|work=The Daily Star|date=2005-01-28|access-date=2018-09-15|author=Sultan Quamrun Nahar}}</ref><ref name=ittf>{{Cite web|url=http://results.ittf.link/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=details&formid=99&rowid=110648&Itemid=266|title=Player profile|website=results.ittf.link|access-date=2018-09-15}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Kaptai Upazila|Kaptai]], [[Rangamati District]], Bangladesh }} '''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> == Early life and education == 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]].<ref name=queen/> ==Career== Linu started playing when she was 8 years old. In 1977, she won the championships in singles, doubles and mixed doubles.<ref name=queen/> She won 16 national championships during 1979–2001.<ref name=queen/> She stood 5th in 1980's [[Asian Table Tennis Championships|Asian Table Tennis Championship]] which took place in Japan. Linu participated at the [[World Table Tennis Championships]] in 1977 and 2000.<ref name=ittf/> Linu served as the [[UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador|Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF]] in Bangladesh.<ref name=queen/> ==Notes and references== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Linu, Zobera Rahman}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1965 births]] [[Category:People from Khulna District]] [[Category:Bangladeshi female table tennis players]] [[Category:Recipients of the Bangladesh National Sports Award]] {{Bangladesh-tabletennis-bio-stub}}'