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Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Zwiesel, Germany | 23 October 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Spinal cord injury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | C3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Borussia Dusseldorf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Micheld Comparato | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thomas Schmidberger (born 23 October 1991) is a German para table tennis player. He has won two world titles and six European titles in para table tennis tournaments. [1]
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.
Sandra Paović is a former Croatian para table tennis player. Sandra suffered critical injuries in a traffic accident on 30 January 2009. As of December 2009, she was still undergoing therapy in the effort to regain full use of her legs.
Thu Françoise Kamkasomphou is a Laotian-French para table tennis player. She has won eight Paralympic medals for France.
European Para Table Tennis Championships are a biennial sport event for para table tennis players who represent a European country. It is one of the first regional para table tennis championships to be held. France have so far earned the most medals in these championships.
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.
Li Qian is a Chinese para table tennis player who has won four gold medals and one silver medal from three Paralympic Games. She has won international team titles with Liu Jing.
Fabien Lamirault is a French para table tennis player.
Stephanie "Steffi" Grebe is a German para table tennis player who was born without her left and right forearms, she is a right-handed player. She won the silver medal in the women's individual C6 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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.
Germany competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was their sixteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1960.
Rungroj Thainiyom is a para table tennis player from Thailand.
Mao Jingdian is a Chinese para table tennis player.
Anurak Laowong is a Thai para table tennis player. He won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Yuttajak Glinbancheun is a Thai para table tennis player. He won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Thomas Brüchle is a German para table tennis player who participates in international level events. He is a multiple European medalist, double World champion and double Paralympic silver medalist. He competes mainly in team events along with Thomas Schmidberger, they both share the same team titles.
Rainer Schmidt is a retired German para table tennis player who played in international level events. He participated in four Summer Paralympic Games and has won three Paralympic titles. He has also won five World titles and nine European titles in mostly team events with Jochen Wollmert.
Valentin Baus is a German para table tennis player who competes in international level events. He is a double European champion and has won most team titles with Selcuk Cetin and Jan Gürtler.
Thomas Rau 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. He is a European champion and a World bronze medalist. He was born without a right arm and has missing fingers on his left hand.
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.
Germany is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September.