 Vevera wearing his gold medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 21 September 1971 Vienna, Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | C1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Andreas Vevera (born 24 September 1971) is a former Austrian para table tennis player and a gold medalist in table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. He represented Austria and played in the men's individual class 1. [1] His motto is "Give everyday your best."
Table tennis competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 13 to August 23, at the Peking University Gymnasium. The competition featured the team events for the first time, replacing the doubles events competed in previous games. A total of four sets of medals were awarded for the four events contested. China, as the host country, would win every medal possible, claiming the podium in both the Men's and Women's Singles events and claiming Gold in both the Men's and Women's Team Event, leading the IOC and ITTF, to change the qualification process for the 2012 Summer Olympics, to ensure that countries could only enter 2, instead of 3 athletes into the Singles event.
Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in the Peking University Gymnasium from September 7 to September 15.
Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of 28 events, 17 for men and 11 for women.
Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London took place from Thursday 30 August to Saturday 8 September 2012 at ExCeL Exhibition Centre. 276 athletes, 174 men and 102 women, competed in 29 events. Table tennis events have been held at the Paralympics since the first Games in Rome in 1960.
Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 17 August 2016 at the third pavilion of Riocentro. Around 172 table tennis players competed in both the singles and team events. Table tennis had appeared at the Summer Olympics on seven previous occasions beginning with the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. In addition to men's and women's singles, the team events were staged for the third time since replacing doubles events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
The Men's Individual Class 1 table tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held between 7 September and 11 September at the Peking University Gymnasium.
James Rawson is a British table tennis player who competed at every Summer Paralympic Games between 1984 and 2008, winning five medals. He has also competed at World Championships in Assen 1990,Taipei 2002 where he won Team silver with Neil Robinson and individual Bronze defeating Guertler from Germany
Nigeria competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain, making their Paralympic debut. 6 competitors from Nigeria won 3 medals, all gold, and so finished 33rd the medal table. They competed in athletics, table tennis and powerlifting. Adeoye Ajibola was the country's big success story of these Games, going on to represent Nigeria in non-disability athletics and coming within a second of the men's non-disability 100m world record. Monday Emoghawve was the country's other gold medal winner in Barcelona, claiming gold in men's powerlifting.
Doris Mader is an Austrian table tennis player who has competed for her country at the national level. She won the silver medal in the women's individual class 3 table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
Neil Robinson is a retired para table tennis player from the United Kingdom. He participated in seven consecutive Paralympic Games and won team titles with Scott Robertson and James Rawson in both world and European championships.
Ukraine competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was their seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1996.
Tajudeen Agunbiade is a Nigerian para table tennis player of class 9 and Paralympian.
Poland competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Gerhard Scharf is an Austrian Paralympic athlete and para table tennis player. At the 1984 Summer Paralympics he competed in athletics and at the Summer Paralympics of 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000 he competed in individual and team para table tennis events. In total he won one gold medal, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the Summer Paralympics, all in table tennis.
Rudolf Hajek is an Austrian para table tennis player. He represented Austria at the Summer Paralympics in 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2004. In total he won three gold medals and one silver medal.
Norway competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 25 August to 6 September 2020.
Krisztian Gardos is a Hungarian-born Austrian para table tennis player. In 2016, he won the bronze medal in the men's individual C10 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Hans Ruep is a retired Austrian para table tennis player who competed at international level events. He is a double World medalist, ten-time European medalist and has competed at the Paralympic Games four times where he reached the bronze medal match in the men's team event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics with Andreas Vevera when they lost to South Korea.
Austria competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
South Korea competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
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