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Table tennis was one of the first sports to be featured in the 1960 Summer Paralympics and is still contested today in the Summer Paralympics. Para table tennis is the third biggest Paralympic sport behind swimming and athletics .
Ibrahim Hamadtou, an Egyptian Class 6 Champion, is one of the most well-known Paralympic table tennis players, since his YouTube video went viral. [13] Hamadtou has won many awards, including silver medals in African Para table tennis Championships held in 2013 and 2011. He holds his racket with his mouth.
Paralympic table tennis has been competed at every Summer Paralympic Games since they were first held in 1960. Men and women compete in singles and team events in ten different classes according to the extent of their disability. Table tennis would later make its debut at the Summer Olympic Games in 1988.
List of male table tennis singles medalists. In the 1960 Summer Paralympics, only wheelchair users played. Standing players began to participate in the 1976 Summer Paralympics, players with cerebral palsy competed at the 1980 Summer Paralympics. [1]
Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics [1] in Rio took place in September 2016. 276 athletes – 174 men and 102 women – are scheduled to compete in 29 events. Table tennis events have been held at the Paralympics since the first Games in Rome in 1960. [2] Team events will feature contests consisting of one doubles and two singles matches.
The love story of Nigeria's Kayode and Christiana Alabi began during a national camp and the 2024 Paralympics is set to be their next big stage. The Paralympic table tennis love story Skip to main ...