Zobera Rahman Linu
Encyclopedia
Zobera Rahman Linu 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.
Also, Linu stood 5th in the 1980 Asian Table Tennis Championships held in Japan.
Linu is a national Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF in Bangladesh.
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
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 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.