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Nickname | Nicky Boy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 6 December 1968 55) Waasmunster, Belgium | (age||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Sint-Niklaas, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | C8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nico Vergeylen (born 6 December 1968) [1] is a retired Belgian para table tennis player who competed in international level events. He was a Paralympic champion, double World silver medalist and six-time European medalist. He has won most of his team titles alongside Marc Ledoux and Mathieu Loicq. [2] [3] [4]
Vergeylen is now a table tennis coach who trains Florian Van Acker. [5] [6]
Marc Philippe Ledoux is a Belgian Paralympic table tennis player with cerebral palsy. His father, Alain Ledoux, also competed in Paralympic table tennis. Marc Ledoux has won two medals at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. He has won two European titles and also won silver and bronze medals in team events with Mathieu Loicq and Nico Vergeylen.
Mathieu Loicq is a former Belgian para table tennis player who is a double Paralympic champion, double European champion and a multi-medalist in the world championships, he was born with a deformed left hand and is a right handed player. He was world number one in 2006 and 2009 and retired in 2018.
Hu Mingfu is a Taiwanese para table tennis player. He was a bronze medalist at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics.
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.
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.
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.
Florian Van Acker is a Belgian para table tennis player who competes in international level events. He is a Paralympic champion, World champion and double European champion in the men's singles. He is trained by former World and Paralympic champion Nico Vergeylen. He is autistic and intellectually disabled.
Tonnie Heijnen is a Dutch para table tennis player who competes in international level events. He is a Paralympic champion, World champion and six-time European medalist. He competes in team events alongside Gerben Last.
Nico Blok is a retired Dutch para table tennis player who competed in international level events. He is a Paralympic bronze medalist, three-time World medalist and a double European silver medalist.
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.
Egon Kramminger is an Austrian para table tennis player. He is a four-time World medalist, 12-time European medalist and has participated at the Paralympic Games five times.
Manfred Dollmann is an Austrian para table tennis player who competes in international level events. He is a double European champion, five-time World medalist and has participated at the Paralympic Games seven times winning two medals.
Desző Berecki is a Hungarian para table tennis player who competes in international level events. He is a four-time European medalist and has participated at the Paralympic Games five times, his highest achievement was reaching the men's singles' quarterfinal in the 2012 Summer Paralympics where he lost to Jose Manuel Ruiz Reyes in three sets to two.
Gyula Istvan Zborai is a Hungarian para table tennis player who competes in international level events. He is a double World bronze medalist and a six-time European medalist.
Welder Camargo Knaf is a Brazilian para table tennis player who competes in international level events. He is a triple Parapan American Games champion, triple Pan American champion and a Paralympic silver medalist at the 2008 Summer Paralympics with Luiz Algacir Silva.
Jan Gürtler is a German para table tennis player who competes in international level events. He is a World silver medalist, a double European champion and three-time Paralympic medalist in team events.
Andrea Zimmerer is a German retired para table tennis player who competed in international elite competitions. She is a double Paralympic medalist, double World medalist and a triple European champion.
Walter Kilger is a German former para table tennis player. He is a three-time European champion, World silver medalist and a Paralympic bronze medalist. He was member of the German paralympic tabletennis team at the Paralympics 2000 in Sydney, 2004 in Peking and 2008. and won 2 bronze medals. He was decorated by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany with the Silver Laurel Leaf, Germany's highest sport award.<ref>Sportbericht der Bundesregierung an den Bunbestag - Drucksache 14/96119 - Seite 51 ... seit 1992 werden auch die Medaillengewinner der Paralympischen Spiele mit dem Silbernen Lorbeerblatt ausgezeichnet ...<r/ef>
Małgorzata Jankowska is a Polish para table tennis player who competes at international table tennis competitions. She is a six-time European champion, five-time World medalist and three-time Paralympic medalist.
Adam Jurasz is a Polish retired para table tennis player who competed in international table tennis competitions. He is a Paralympic silver medalist and European silver medalist in team events, he won his medals alongside Miroslaw Kowalski.