Egon Kramminger

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Egon Kramminger
Egon Kramminger - Tag des Sports 2013 Wien.jpg
Kramminger in 2013
Personal information
Born (1948-08-05) 5 August 1948 (age 77)
St. Valentin, Austria
Sport
CountryFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Sport Para table tennis
Disability Spinal cord injury
Disability class C3
Medal record
Para table tennis
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2010 GwangjuMen's teams C3
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2006 MontreuxMen's teams C3
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2014 BeijingMen's teams C3
World Team Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2017 BratislavaMen's teams C3
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1995 HillerodMen's teams C3
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2005 JesoloMen's teams C3
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2007 Kranjska GoraMen's singles C3
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2009 GenoaMen's teams C3
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2013 LignanoMen's teams C3
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 VejleMen's teams C3
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1997 StockholmMen's teams C4
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1999 PiešťanyMen's teams C3
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2001 FrankfurtMen's teams C3
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2007 Kranjska GoraMen's teams C3
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2011 SplitMen's teams C3
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2017 LaškoMen's teams C3

Egon Kramminger (born 5 August 1948) [1] is an Austrian para table tennis player. He is a four-time World medalist, 12-time European medalist and has participated at the Paralympic Games five times. [2] [3]

Accident

On 9 September 1967, Kramminger crashed his car into a high voltage mast while driving tired and was thrown twenty metres out of his car. He had compression fractures on his fifth, sixth and seventh thoracic vertebrae and spent eleven months in a hospital in Bietigheim then was moved to five different hospitals in a span of five years. When he arrived at the Vienna General Hospital, he had a decubitus on his buttocks and was transferred to a rehabilitation centre in Tübingen. In 1972, his left leg got amputated followed by his right kidney, bladder, rectum and his right leg in 1985. [4]

In the early 1990s, Kramminger discovered table tennis and began to compete internationally in 1995 where he won his first ever title when he won the European championships in Hillerød with Peter Starl and Manfred Dollmann. [5]

References

  1. "Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - Official Results Book". ipc-services.org. International Paralympic Committee. 19 September 2004.
  2. "Kramminger Egon". International Para Table Tennis Committee. 1 October 2020.
  3. "Egon Kramminger" (in German). Austrian Paralympic Committee. 1 October 2020.
  4. "Current interview with Egon Kramminger (in German)". steiner-querschnittlaehmung.jimdofree.com. 1 October 2020.
  5. "Egon Kramminger - Never Give Up! (in German)". Egon Kramminger website. 1 October 2020. Archived from the original on 2015-09-26.