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Born | Santos, São Paulo, Brazil | 22 February 1996|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | X-linked_hypophosphatemia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | C9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Paulo Camargo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jennyfer Marques Parinos (born 22 February 1996) is a Brazilian para table tennis player who competes in international elite competitions. She is a Paralympic bronze medalist, double Parapan American Games silver medalist and a World champion. She has won numerous team event medals with Danielle Rauen and Bruna Costa Alexandre. [1] [2]
Marques Parinos was diagnosed at a young age with a rare disease called X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) when she found walking unaided painful. [3]
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Josephine Rebeta Medina was a Filipino table tennis player. Medina represented the Philippines at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics.
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Juliane Wolf is a German para table tennis player who competes in international level events. She is a double World silver medalist and seven time European medalist. She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics where she lost in the bronze medal match to Josephine Medina.
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