 Blanc in 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 July 1950 Villaz-Saint-Pierre, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jacqueline Blanc (born 4 July 1950) is a Swiss retired para table tennis player who competed at international table tennis competitions. She has competed at the Paralympics seven times. [1] [2] [3]
Sandra Paović is a former Croatian para table tennis player. Sandra suffered critical injuries in a traffic accident on 30 January 2009. As of December 2009, she was still undergoing therapy in the effort to regain full use of her legs.
Zhang Xiaoling is a Chinese retired para table tennis player who won 12 Paralympic medals from 1988 to 2008.
Lisa Daniela "Danni" Di Toro is an Australian wheelchair tennis and para 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 seventh Paralympics, she was the team captain and Opening Ceremony flag bearer with Ryley Batt. She competed at her eight Paralympics in Paris.
Barak Mizrachi is an Australian Paralympic table tennis player. After playing competitive table tennis for the first time in 2001, he went on to make his international debut in 2003 at the Maccabiah Games. He has since represented Australia at the Maccabiah Games in 2005, 2007 and 2009, before being selected for the 2016 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 seven medals in Parapan American Games.
Matti Launonen was a Finnish para table tennis player who competed until his sudden death in 2019. He was one of the first table tennis players to win a world title in the para table tennis championships in Assen, Netherlands and a European title in Salou, Spain.
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. He has won for gold, three silver and one bronze Paralympic medals in representing China and Australia over five games. He competed for Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
Nigeria competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August and 5 September 2021. This was their eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1992.
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.
Danielle Rauen is a Brazilian para table tennis player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze medal, and 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's team class 9–10, winning a bronze medal.
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.
Kimie Bessho is a Japanese para table tennis player who competes in international level events. She was a bronze medallist at the 2014 Asian Para Games and has participated at the Summer Paralympics four times, she was also one of the oldest participants to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics aged 68 years old. She is often known to wear butterfly hairclips as a superstition for her tournament matches and is referred to as "The Butterfly Lady".
Croatia competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Carlos Raul Maslup was an Argentine para table tennis player who competed in international elite competitions. He was a Pan American singles' champion, Parapan American Games bronze medalist in the men's singles and competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. He was also a Paralympic swimmer and Paralympic athlete at the 1988 Summer Paralympics where he won three silver medals and one bronze medal.
Monika Sikora-Weinmann is a German para table tennis player. She won gold at the Paralympics and World Championships several times.
Wang Rui is a Chinese former para table tennis player who competed at international table tennis competitions. She is a Paralympic champion, World champion, three-time Asian Para Games champion and four-time Asian champion in both singles and teams events.
Jana Margarete Spegel is a German para table tennis player who competes in international table tennis competitions. She is a World bronze and European silver medalist, she has competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics but did not medal.
Alice Rast was a Swiss para table tennis player who competed at international table tennis competitions. She is a Paralympic bronze medalist and a European silver medalist.
