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Monika Sikora-Weinmann (born 1 January 1958) [1] is a German para table tennis player . She won gold at the Paralympics and World Championships several times. [2] [3]
On 23 June 1993, she was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf for her athletic achievements.
At the 1988 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal in Singles 4. [4]
At the 1992 Summer Paralympics, in Barcelona, she won a gold medal in the Singles 4, [5] and silver in the team 5 competition. [6]
At the 1996 Summer Paralympics, she took first place with the Teams 3–5 competition. [7]
At the 2000 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal in Singles 4, [8] and in Teams 4–5. [9]
At the 2004 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal in Singles 4. [10]
At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal in Women's team – Class 4–5. [11]
In 1991 in Salou she became European champion in singles and with the German team. She repeated this success in 1995 in Hillerod. In 1997 she won individual silver and team gold at the European Championships in Stockholm.
Sikora competed at the world championships several times. Here she won gold with the team in 1990, 1998 and 2002. In 2002 she was also world champion in singles.
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.
Jamaica was one of twenty-eight nations that competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968. The team finished fourteenth in the medal table and won a total of five medals; three gold, one silver and one bronze. Eleven athletes represented Jamaica at the Games; seven men and four women.
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.
Kelly van Zon is a Dutch table tennis player competing in both disabled and able-bodied competitions. She currently plays for Dutch club TTV SKF in Veenendaal. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's individual class 7, winning a gold medal, and in Women's team class 6–8, winning a silver medal.
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.
The Women's Singles 4 table tennis competition at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was held from 18 to 21 September at the Galatsi Olympic Hall.
Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel, also known as Bhavinaben Hasmukhbhai Patel, is an Indian parathlete and table tennis player from Mehsana, Gujarat. She won a silver medal in Class 4 Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.
James Rawson is a British para table tennis player who competed at every Summer Paralympic Games between 1984 and 2008, winning five medals. He has also competed at World Championships in Assen 1990,Taipei 2002 where he won Team silver with Neil Robinson and individual Bronze defeating Guertler from Germany
Samuel Von Einem is an Australian Paralympic table tennis player. Von Einem has represented Australia in table tennis since 2011. He competed at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, where he won silver medals in the Men's Class 11. At Rio Paralympics, he became Australia's first male table tennis medalist since Terry Biggs won gold in 1984. At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, he won a bronze medal.
Ng Mui Wui is a para table tennis player from Hong Kong. She won a bronze at the women's Class 11 singles event held at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Khetam Kamal Hasan Abuawad is a Jordanian para table tennis player who has spina bifida and has won two medals at the Summer Paralympics and has been competing for Jordan internationally since 1998. She is currently ranked world number one in singles class 5 and world number six in teams class.
Maha Al-Bargouthi was a Jordanian para table tennis player who competed in five Paralympic Games and won three Paralympic medals. She was voted Jordan's top sportsperson in 2002.
Neil Robinson is a retired para table tennis player from the United Kingdom. He participated in seven consecutive Paralympic Games and won team titles with Scott Robertson and James Rawson in both world and European championships.
India competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. India made its official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics and has appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since 1984.
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.
Thailand competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was the country's tenth appearance at the Paralympic Games.
Yang Qian is a Chinese-Australian table tennis player who has only a right arm. Yang has won eight medals - four gold and four silver at Paralympic Games. In representing Australia, at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, she won a gold and silver medal and at the 2024 Paris Paralympics two gold medals.
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. Representing Australia, she won two gold meda, a silver and bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
Indonesia competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. Originally scheduled to take place in 2020, the Games were rescheduled for 24 August to 5 September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ruth Lamsbach is a German paralympic athlete and multiple medalist at the Paralympic Games.
