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Nickname(s) | Fab | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Longjumeau, France | 17 March 1980||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Spinal cord injury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | C2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | C.S.I.N.I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Kosiak Fabrice | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Fabien Lamirault (born 17 March 1980) is a French para table tennis player. [1]
He has won three world titles, three European titles and two Paralympic titles in para table tennis, he has won team titles with Stephane Molliens and Jean-François Ducay. Lamirault became a quadriplegic in 1998 after a car accident and he started playing table tennis during his rehabilitation. [2]
Thu Kamkasomphou is a Laotian-French para table tennis player. She has won eight Paralympic medals for France.
Daniela "Danni" Di Toro is an Australian wheelchair tennis and table tennis player. Di Toro was the 2010 French Open doubles champion and has also been the Masters double champion. In singles, Di Toro is the former world number one and two time masters finalist. In 2015, she moved to para-table tennis and represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, where she was team captain with Kurt Fearnley. At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, her sixth Paralympics, she was the team captain and Opening Ceremony flag bearer with Ryley Batt.
Samuel "Sam" Von Einem is an Australian Paralympic table tennis player. Von Einem has represented Australia in table tennis since 2011. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, where he won silver medals in the Men's Class 11. At Rio Paralympics, he became Australia's first male table tennis medalist since Terry Biggs won gold in 1984.
Maha Al-Bargouthi is a retired Jordanian Paralympic athlete who has won three Paralympic medals in para table tennis, she has competed in five Paralympic Games. She was voted Jordan's top sportsperson in 2002.
Jean-François Ducay is a former French para table tennis player. He has participated in the Paralympic Games three times and has won three medals.
Liu Jing is a Chinese para table tennis player. She has won multiple gold medals in most para table tennis world championship tournaments. She has played with Li Qian and Xue Juan in the team events internationally. She has won 8 gold medals at the Summer Paralympics.
Ge Yang is a retired Chinese para table tennis player. Ge has played para table tennis since he was seven years old. He made his debut at the Paralympics in Athens in 2004 aged 20 and has competed in four Paralympic Games, winning six gold medals, one silver and one bronze.
Ian Kent is a Canadian para table tennis player. He is a double singles champion in the Para Pan-American Para Table Tennis Championships and has won six medals in Parapan American Games.
Stéphane Molliens is a French para table tennis player who has won multiple European para table tennis championship team medals with Vincent Boury, Jean-François Ducay and Fabien Lamirault.
Ma Lin is a Chinese-Australian table tennis player who has only a left arm.
Kim Young-gun is a South Korean para table tennis player. He has participated in four Summer Paralympic Games and has won twelve titles in Asian Para Table Tennis Championships. He is coached by Kim Byoung-young.
Martin Ludrovský is a Slovakian para table tennis player who has won six major titles in team events. He has partnered with Ján Riapoš in most of his team event titles.
France competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Feng Panfeng is a Chinese para table tennis player. He has won 7 gold medals and 1 bronze medal from three Paralympic Games.
Rungroj Thainiyom is a para table tennis player from Thailand. He has won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. He was the first Thai to win a Paralympic gold medal in table tennis.
Guo Xingyuan is a Chinese para table tennis player. He has won one gold medal and two silver medals from three Paralympic Games.
Mao Jingdian is a Chinese para table tennis player. She won the gold medal in the women's individual C8 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and the same event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She also represented China at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan and won the gold medal in the women's individual C8 event.
Yang Qian is a Chinese-Australian table tennis player who has only a right arm. Yang has won six medals - two gold and four silver in three Paralympic Games. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold and silver medal representing Australia.
Florian Merrien is a French para table tennis player who is a double World champion, six time European champion, 20-time French national champion and triple Paralympic medalist. He has won team titles with Nicolas Savant-Aira, Gregory Rosec and Jean-Philippe Robin. He was paralysed aged 18 months after contracting a virus that affected his spinal cord.
Gilles de la Bourdonnaye is a French para table tennis player who competes in international level events. He is a triple Paralympic champion, triple World champion and thirteen time European champion. His right arm was amputated when he was three years old after an elevator accident.