Dian David Mickael Jacobs was an Indonesian athlete who competed in table tennis, primarily Class 10 para table tennis. Born in Ujung Pandang, he took up table tennis at the age of ten and rose quickly through national tournaments. He was training to play internationally by 2000, and in 2001 he won his first gold medal, at the SEATTA Championships in Singapore. After 2010 he competed in para table tennis, having spent most of his career competing against athletes with full functionality. Having lost control in his right hand, he decided to compete in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, winning a bronze medal.
Egypt competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. The country sent a delegation of 44 sportspeople. The team included 16-year-old Ayattalah Ayman, the youngest member of the delegation and the first woman to represent Egypt in swimming. It also included 41-year-old Ibrahim Al Husseini Hamadtou, the only table tennis player to compete while holding the paddle in his mouth.
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award honors individuals, teams and organizations who have made significant sporting contributions in the United Arab Emirates and globally. It is designed to celebrate and promote the best initiatives in projects or programmes in the sporting field, such as Tolerance, Knowledge Management, Empowering Communities and tackling global challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic.
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 eight 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.
Rafał Czuper is a Polish para table tennis player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver medal. He competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver and bronze medal.
Ma Lin is a Chinese-Australian table tennis player who has only a left arm.
Aida Husić Dahlen is a Norwegian para table tennis player, she is currently world number two in her sports class 8. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's individual class 8, winning a bronze medal.
Egypt competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 25 August to 6 September. This was Egypt's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Paralympics.
Mao Jingdian is a Chinese para table tennis player.
Zhang Bian is a Chinese para table tennis player. She has won seven gold medals from three Paralympic Games.
Kim Kyung-mook is a South Korean para table tennis player. He has medalled at every Paralympic Games from 1992 to 2016, for a total of four gold, three silver, and six bronze medals.
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.
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.
Jung Eun-chang is a South Korean retired para table tennis player. He won seven medals, including two golds, in four Paralympic Games from 2000 to 2012.
Elena Nikolayevna Prokofeva is a Russian para table tennis player. She won the gold medal in the women's C11 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She is a multitude World and European champion.
Lucas Edouard Créange is a French Paralympic table tennis player. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the Men's individual class 11 event. He has also competed at the INAS Global Games where he won two bronze medals, and is a World and European champion in team events.
Maksym Hubert Chudzicki is a Polish para table tennis player who won bronze in men's singles class 7 at the 2020 Paralympic Games.
Thomas Rau is a German para table tennis player. He won bronze in the Men's team class 6–7 at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. He is a European champion and a World bronze medalist. He was born without a right arm and has missing fingers on his left hand.
Björn Schnake is a German Paralympic table tennis player. He won bronze in the Men's team class 6–7 at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo with teammate Thomas Rau. For winning a bronze-medal at the Tokyo-Paralympics he was awarded by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany with Silver Laurel Leaf, Germany's highest sport-award.
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