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Born | Budapest, Hungary | 6 April 1975||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Hip osteoarthritis | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Krisztian Gardos (born 6 April 1975) [1] is a Hungarian-born Austrian para table tennis player. [2] In 2016, he won the bronze medal in the men's individual C10 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [3] He competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. [3]
He is the older brother of Robert Gardos who is a table tennis player in Austria's national team. [1]
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