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Born | 7 April 1962 62) Gotteszell, Germany | (age|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Paraplegia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | C1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Walter Kilger (born 7 April 1962) [1] is a German former para table tennis player. He is a three-time European champion, World silver medalist and a Paralympic bronze medalist. [2] [3] [4] 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. [5] (translation: since 1992 all the winners of medals at Paralympic Games were also decorated with the Silver Laural Leaf)
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.
Jochen Wollmert is a German Paralympic table tennis player.
James Rawson was 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hans Ruep is a retired Austrian para table tennis player who competed at international level events. He is a double World medalist, ten-time European medalist and has competed at the Paralympic Games four times where he reached the bronze medal match in the men's team event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics with Andreas Vevera when they lost to South Korea.
Carlos Raul Maslup was an Argentine para table tennis player who competed in international elite competitions. He was a Pan American singles' champion, Parapan American Games bronze medalist in the men's singles and competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. He was also a Paralympic swimmer and Paralympic athlete at the 1988 Summer Paralympics where he won three silver medals and one bronze medal.
Björn Schnake is a German Paralympic table tennis player. He won bronze in the Men's team class 6–7 at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo with teammate Thomas Rau. For winning a bronze-medal at the Tokyo-Paralympics he was awarded by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany with Silver Laurel Leaf, Germany's highest sport-award.
Monika Sikora-Weinmann is a German para table tennis player. She won gold at the Paralympics and World Championships several times.
Ruth Lamsbach is a German paralympic athlete and multiple medalist at the Paralympic Games.
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.
Lu Pi-chun is a Taiwanese para table tennis player who competes in international table tennis competitions. She is a World silver medalist, four-time Asian Para Games medalist and three-time Asian Championships medalist. She did not take up the sport until she was 42. She competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics but did not medal.