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Nickname | Maxou | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Nancy, France | 17 December 1983||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Lyon, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Spinal cord injury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | C4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maxime Thomas (born 17 December 1983) is a French para table tennis player who competes in international level events. He is a triple Paralympic bronze medalist, a World champion and six time European champion in team events. He is also a four-time World bronze medalist and double European champion in singles events. [1] [2]
Thomas was paralysed from the waist down aged 15 following a diagnosis of an autoimmune disease and he spent almost two years in a rehabilitation centre. He discovered para table tennis in 2000 when he got inspired by watching the 2000 Summer Paralympics once he left hospital, he played the sport that year and played competitively in 2001. [3]
Natalia Dorota Partyka is a Polish para table tennis player. Born without a right hand and forearm, she participates in competitions for able-bodied athletes as well as in competitions for athletes with disabilities. Partyka reached the last 32 of the London 2012 Olympic women's table tennis.
Thu Françoise Kamkasomphou is a Laotian-French para table tennis player. She has won eight Paralympic medals for France.
Jacques Secrétin was a French international table tennis player. He was selected for the French national team at the age of 13 and became one of the most successful table tennis players in French history. In a 26-year career Secrétin was singles champion of France 17 times and European single champion in 1976. He won the gold medal in mixed doubles at the 1977 World Table Tennis Championships in Birmingham, England. Outside of competitions he formed a show with Vincent Purkart that demonstrated table tennis tricks and exhibitions, which made more than 4,000 performances. Secrétin remained an active veterans player until his death.
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 has been selected to compete at her eight Paralympics in Paris.
European Para Table Tennis Championships are a biennial sport event for para table tennis players who represent a European country. It is one of the first regional para table tennis championships to be held. France have so far earned the most medals in these championships.
Isabelle Lafaye Marziou is a French para table tennis player who plays in international level in both singles and team events. Lafaye is a four time Paralympic champion and World champion and is a seven time European champion in para table tennis. She is married to sports photographer Gaël Marziou.
Anne Barnéoud is a French para table tennis player who competes in international level events. She is a three time World bronze medalist, double European team champion, she has won multiple medals in team events with Thu Kamkasomphou. She works as a police commissioner.
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.
Florian Merrien is a French para table tennis player who is a double World champion, six time European champion, 20-time French national champion and triple Paralympic medalist. He has won team titles with Nicolas Savant-Aira, Gregory Rosec and Jean-Philippe Robin. He was paralysed aged 18 months after contracting a virus that affected his spinal cord.
Thomas Oliver Brüchle is a German para table tennis player who participates in international level events. He is a multiple European medalist, double World champion and double Paralympic silver medalist. He competes mainly in team events along with Thomas Schmidberger, they both share the same team titles.
Audrey Le Morvan is a former French para table tennis player who competed in international level events. She participated in three Paralympic Games and was a double bronze medalist. She was born with a deformed left forearm. She has competed in team events with Claire Mairie and Thu Kamkasomphou.
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.
Marie-Christine Fillou née Bourbon is a retired French para table tennis player. She is a Paralympic bronze medalist and a double European silver medalist.
François Sérignat is a retired French para table tennis player who competed at international level events. He has participated at three Paralympic Games, he is a triple European champion and a double World bronze medalist. He has played alongside Gilles de la Bourdonnaye and Olivier Chateigner.
Stéphane Messi is a French para table tennis player who competes in international level events. He is a Paralympic champion, a five-time World medalist and a European champion. He has won medals in team events alongside Michel Schaller, François Sérignat and Alain Pichon.
Grégory Rosec is a retired French para table tennis player who competed in international elite events. He is a double Paralympic bronze medalist and a double European champion in team events. After retirement, he became the head coach of the French para table tennis team.
Thomas Bouvais is a French para table tennis player who competes in international elite competitions. He has won two-time World medalist and a bronze European medalist in the team events, he has also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics in both singles and team events but did not medal in either event.
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.
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.
Matéo Bohéas is a French Paralympic table tennis player. He won silver in the Men's individual class 10 at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.