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Full name | Maria Luiza Pereira Passos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Malu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bandeirantes, Paraná, Brazil | 9 June 1951||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | C5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maria Luiza Pereira Passos (born 9 June 1951) is a Brazilian retired para table tennis player who competed at international table tennis competitions. She formerly played in volleyball before being diagnosed with a malignant tumour in her bone marrow, requiring the use of a wheelchair. She is a five-time Parapan American Games medalist and has competed at the 1996, 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics. [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.
Borislava Perić-Ranković is a disabled Serbian table tennis player. She represented Serbia at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics in table tennis, winning one gold and three silver medals. She competes in the disability class 4. In the 2016 Summer Paralympics she won her first Paralympic gold medal in the individual class 4 competition, defeating China's Zhang Miao in the finals. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, she won a bronze medal.
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.
Melissa Tapper is an Australian table tennis player. After competing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she represented Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in elite non-Paralympic competition. In March 2016, she became the first Australian athlete to qualify for both the Summer Olympics and Summer Paralympics.
Rebecca Julian is an Australian table tennis player. She has represented Australia at three Summer Paralympics - 2008, 2012 and 2020 in women's doubles and singles table tennis.
The World Para Table Tennis Championships are the world championships for para table tennis where athletes with a disability compete. They are organised by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) on a four-year rotation with the Paralympic Games.
Andrea McDonnell is an Australian Paralympic table tennis player. She competed for Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
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.
Pascal Pereira-Leal is a former French para table tennis player who played in international level events. He is a 2012 Paralympic bronze medalist, 2014 World champion and four-time European medalist.
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".
María Edith Sigala López is a Mexican para table tennis player who competes in international level events. She is a triple Parapan American Games champion and four-time Pan American champion. She has also participated at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Israel Pereira Stroh is a Brazilian para table tennis player who competes in international elite competitions. He is a Paralympic silver medalist, Pan American champion and a Parapan American Games silver medalist and he was the first Brazilian player to win a medal in a singles event. He used to be a sports journalist who worked for Lance! before he started playing table tennis competitively.
Nergiz Altıntaş is a Turkish para table tennis player who competes at international table tennis competitions. She is a World silver medalist and a three-time European silver medalist. She has also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics. In June 2021 she was in Lasko in Slovenia where she beat the Japanese player Yukimi Chada. She and her Turkish teammate, Merve Cansu Demir who also won her match, were awarded quota places for the postponed 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Aloísio Lima is a Brazilian para table tennis player who competes at international table tennis competitions. He is a Paralympic bronze medalist, World bronze medalist, two-time Parapan American Games champion and a two-time Pan American silver medalist.
Monika Sikora-Weinmann is a German table tennis player. She won gold at the Paralympics and World Championships several times.
Beate Schippmann is a German para table tennis athlete. She won a silver medal at the Paralympics.
Merve Cansu Demır is a Turkish para table tennis player who competes at international table tennis competitions. She is a three-time European champion and double World bronze medalist. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics where she competed in the singles and was defeated in the quarterfinals by Shiau Wen Tien in straight sets.
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.