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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 March 1996 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Table Tennis | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nathan Pellissier (born on 17 March 1996) is an Australian Paralympic table tennis player. He represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics where he won a silver medal and has been selected for 2024 Paris Paralympics
Pellissier was born on 17 March 1996 with cerebral palsy. [1] In a four-year period late last decade, he had two hip surgeries and bone grafts. He attended the Maribyrnong Sports Academy. [2] He completed his Bachelor of Business degree at RMIT and is working part-time at Coolahbah Law Chambers. In 2020, he has commenced Master of Professional Accounting and Finance at Deakin University. [3] He lives in Williamstown, Victoria. [2] In 2021, Pellissier was named as Deakin University's Sportsperson of the Year – Disability. [4]
Pellister is classified as C8 table tennis player. He competed at the 2014 World Para Table Tennis Championships in China. [2] In 2017, he finally defeated his C8 rival Barak Mizrachi at the Australian Para Table Tennis Nationals. [2]
In 2017, he won gold medals at three major international championships, including the Korean Para Open and the Taiwan Para Open. The following year he lived and trained in Munich, Germany, picking up bronze medals at the Spanish Para Open and US Para Open, before gaining valuable experience at the World Championships in Slovenia. [1]
At the 2019 Oceania Para Table Tennis Championships, Darwin, he won the silver medal in the Men’s Singles Class 6-10 and gold medal with Joel Coughlan in the Class 6-10 Teams. [5]
At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, he lost both matches in the Men's Individual C8 and won a silver medal with Ma Lin and Joel Coughlan in the Men's Team C9-10. [6]
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.
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.
Emily Beecroft is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics,2020 Tokyo Paralympics and has been selected for 2024 Summer Paralympics. She won a silver and bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
Guy Nicholas Henly is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He currently competes in discus and shot put and has won medals at the 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2023 World Para Athletics Championships. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and has been selected for the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
Timothy Hodge is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. He represented Australia at the 2016 and the 2020 Summer Paralympics, where he won two silver and one bronze medals. He has a been selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France.
Isis Holt is an Australian Paralympic athlete competing in T35 sprint events. She is affected by the condition cerebral palsy. Holt won gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m at the 2015 and 2017 World Para Athletics Championships. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she won two silver medals and a bronze medal and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, two silver medals.
Samuel Von Einem is an Australian Paralympic table tennis player. Von Einem has represented Australia in table tennis since 2011. He represented Australia 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. He has been selected for the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
Jaryd Clifford is an Australian Paralympic, vision impaired, middle-distance athlete. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in athletics. He won gold medals in the Men's 1500m and 5000m T13 events at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Clifford represented Australia at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, where he won silver medals in the Men's 5000m T13 and Men's Marathon T12, and a bronze medal in the Men's 1500 m T13. He has been selected for the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
Australia participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. It sent its largest away team - 179 athletes to a Summer Paralympics. Australia finished eighth on the gold medal table and sixth on the total medals table.
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.
India competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. Indian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since 1984, though they made their official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics. This was India's most successful Paralympic season with 5 golds 8 silvers and 6 bronzes. Before this edition, India had won 12 medals of all previous Paralympics appearances combined.
Ma Lin is a Chinese-Australian table tennis player who has only a left arm. Ma has won five Paralympic medals, four gold, in four Summer Paralympic Games, five world titles and eleven Asian titles in his sport. He rep[resented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and has been selected for 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.
Mao Jingdian is a Chinese para table tennis player.
Joel Coughlan is an Australian Paralympic table tennis player.
Trevor Hirth is an Australian Paralympic table tennis player. He represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics ans has been selected for 2024 Paris Paralympics.
Jake Ballestrino is an Australian Paralympic table tennis player. He represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
Peng Weinan is a Chinese para table tennis player. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's individual C8 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He also won the gold medal in the men's team C8 event.
Maksym Nikolenko is a Ukrainian para table tennis player. He won the gold medal in the men's team C6–8 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
