Hou Bin——Ambassador of Xiamen Olympic Museum

Born: 15 March 1975

Country: China

Discipline: Athletics (High Jump)

Hou Bin lost his left leg in an accident at the age of nine. He subsequently became a. Hou was selected to light the Paralympic flame during the of the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.

Sports Achievements:

· Gold Medal 1994 Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled (FESPIC Games)

· Gold Medal 1996 China National Sports Games for the Disabled Persons in 1996

· Gold Medal Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games

· Gold Medal 1999 FESPIC Games

· Gold Medal Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games

· Gold Medal ATHENS 2004 Paralympic Games

· Gold Medal 2006 IPC Athletics World Championships Assen

Other honors and awards:

· Selected as the “National-wide outstanding athlete” in 1996

· Awarded as the “Diligent Exemplar in china “in 1997

· Won the “May 1st Labour medallist” · Awarded as the “Model Youth for the construction of Special Economic Zone” by Xiamen Municipal government in 2000

· Won “the first of the top ten virtue models of Xiamen City” in 2004

· Selected as the “International Paralympic Ambassador” in 2008

· Selected as the “Ambassador of Xiamen Olympic Museum” in 2008