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Born | Dunajská Streda, Czechoslovakia | 25 July 1979||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Nová Ves, Slovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Cerebral palsy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | C8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | ŠK Zarnovica/Polstav Bystricany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Andrej Bardoň Sasa Dragas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Richard Csejtey (born 25 July 1979) [1] is a Slovak para table tennis player who was born with cerebral palsy. [2] He has competed in five consecutive Paralympic Games and has won multiple medals in both world and European para table tennis championships. [3]
Holger Nikelis is a German table tennis player. He won a gold medal in the singles event and a bronze in the team event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. He has also won other medals and championships in disabled table tennis. He was world number one in his category in September 2013.
Zhang Xiaoling is a Chinese retired para table tennis player who won 12 Paralympic medals from 1988 to 2008.
Thu Françoise Kamkasomphou is a Laotian-French para table tennis player. She has won eight Paralympic medals for France.
Tahl Leibovitz is an American para table tennis player who has played in five Paralympic Games. His highest ranking is world no.2 in class 9 in July 2008 and is now currently ranked world no.3 in that class and world no.17 in men's standing classes.
Ján Riapoš is a Slovak para table tennis player. He is currently ranked world number four in sports class 2 and world number 61 in wheelchair sports category. He was involved in a car accident in 1993 and has sustained a spinal cord injury, he uses a wheelchair all the time.
Liu Jing is a Chinese para table tennis player. She has won multiple gold medals in most para table tennis world championship tournaments. She has played with Li Qian and Xue Juan in the team events internationally. She has won eight gold medals at the Summer Paralympics.
Ge Yang is a retired Chinese para table tennis player. Ge has played para table tennis since he was seven years old. He made his debut at the Paralympics in Athens in 2004 aged 20 and has competed in four Paralympic Games, winning six gold medals, one silver and one bronze.
Catherine "Cathy" Mitton is a former para table tennis player who represented Great Britain. She has won team events with Sara Head and Lynne Riding.
Ma Lin is a Chinese-Australian table tennis player who has only a left arm.
Kim Young-gun is a South Korean para table tennis player. He has participated in four Summer Paralympic Games and has won twelve titles in Asian Para Table Tennis Championships. He is coached by Kim Byoung-young.
Martin Ludrovský is a Slovak para table tennis player who has won six major titles in team events. He has partnered with Ján Riapoš in most of his team event titles.
Rastislav Revúcky is a former Slovakian para table tennis player who has won four European titles in his career along with Ján Riapoš in team events.
Zhang Yan is a Chinese para table tennis player. He has won five medals from three Paralympic Games.
Ren Guixiang is a Chinese retired para table tennis player. She has won five gold medals and one silver from three Paralympic Games.
Kim Kyung-mook is a South Korean para table tennis player. He has medalled at every Paralympic Games from 1992 to 2016, for a total of four gold, three silver, and six bronze medals.
Liu Meili is a Chinese retired para table tennis player. She has won gold medals at every Paralympic Games from 2000 to 2012, for a total of five gold medals, two silvers, and one bronze.
Jung Eun-chang is a South Korean retired para table tennis player. He won seven medals, including two golds, in four Paralympic Games from 2000 to 2012.
Kim Byoung-young is a South Korean para table tennis coach and former player. He took a gold medal at three consecutive Paralympic Games: 2000, 2004, and 2008, in addition to a silver medal in 2004.
Giselle Lucretia Muñoz is an Argentine para table tennis player who competes in international level events. She has participated at the Paralympic Games five times.
Peter Mihálik is a Slovak para table tennis player who competes in international table tennis competitions. He is a Paralympic bronze medalist and a four-time European medalist.