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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 July 1951 Cagliari, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Paraplegia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | C2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Saint Lucia Sports Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Alessandro Arcigli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Clara Podda (born 19 July 1951) [1] is an Italian para table tennis player and para swimmer who has won two medals at the Summer Paralympics.
Married with two children, she competed in swimming at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. [2] She was fourth in the individual para table tennis tournament in the 2000 Summer Paralympics and also in the 2004 Summer Paralympics, before she won her first medals in the 2008 Summer Paralympics.
The 1964 Summer Paralympics, originally known as the 13th International Stoke Mandeville Games and also known as Paralympic Tokyo 1964, were the second Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Tokyo, Japan, and were the last Summer Paralympics to take place in the same city as the Summer Olympics until the 1988 Summer Paralympics.
Holger Nikelis is a German table tennis player. He won a gold medal in the singles event and a bronze in the team event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. He has also won other medals and championships in disabled table tennis. He was world number one in his category in September 2013.
Thu Françoise Kamkasomphou is a Laotian-French para table tennis player. She has won eight Paralympic medals for France.
Jochen Wollmert is a German Paralympic table tennis player.
Marc Philippe Ledoux is a Belgian Paralympic table tennis player with cerebral palsy. His father, Alain Ledoux, also competed in Paralympic table tennis. Marc Ledoux has won two medals at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. He has won two European titles and also won silver and bronze medals in team events with Mathieu Loicq and Nico Vergeylen.
Michela Brunelli is an Italian paralympic athlete who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's team – Class 1–3, winning a bronze medal.
Valeria Zorzetto is an Italian para table tennis player who won a medals at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.
Sara Head is a Welsh Paralympic table tennis player. Head has represented Wales at two Commonwealth Games and was selected for the 2012 Paralympic Games, where she took the bronze medal in the women's team class 1–3 event with team-mate Jane Campbell.
Jane Campbell is an English Paralympic table tennis player. Campbell was selected for the 2012 Paralympic Games, where she took the bronze medal in the women's team class 1–3 event with team-mate Sara Head.
Susan Fiona Bailey, is a British para table tennis player and primary school teacher. She has competed in six Paralympic Games and at the Commonwealth Games.
Maha Al-Bargouthi was a Jordanian para table tennis player who competed in five Paralympic Games and won three Paralympic medals. She was voted Jordan's top sportsperson in 2002.
Jennifer Ellen Johnson is a former wheelchair basketball player and a para table tennis player. She developed polio at the age of five in Jamaica. She has represented Jamaica at the Paralympics from 1968 to 1980 and then represented the United States at the Paralympics from 1984 to 2004. She was married to Denton Johnson before his death.
Lin Yen-hung is a Taiwanese para table tennis player. He won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, and another silver at the 2016 Summer Paralympics at age 58.
Gerben Last is a Dutch para table tennis player. He represented the Netherlands at the Summer Paralympics in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016.
Mao Jingdian is a Chinese para table tennis player.
Jung Young-a is a South Korean para table tennis player. She won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and two bronze medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Hsiao Shu-chin is a Taiwanese para table tennis player. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics and a silver at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.
Lei Lina is a Chinese and Australian table tennis player who has a leg length difference of 6 cm. Lei has won ten medals in five Paralympic Games, including six gold and four silver medals. She won a gold medal and a silver medal after representing Australia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Liu Meili is a Chinese retired para table tennis player. She has won gold medals at every Paralympic Games from 2000 to 2012, for a total of five gold medals, two silvers, and one bronze.
Federica Cudia is a former Italian para table tennis player who competed at international level events. She is a silver medalist at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and the 2010 World Championships where she competed along with Michela Brunelli, Pamela Pezzutto and Clara Podda, she is also a three-time European team medalist.
