Australian Paralympic Table Tennis Team

Australia was represented in table tennis at the 1960 Summer Paralympics.In the early Games, many Australian table tennis players represented Australia in several sports. It was won 8 medals - 2 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals.
Gold medallists are:

Medal tally

GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1960 Rome0101
1964 Tokyo1034
1968 Tel-Aviv0101
1972 Heidelberg0000
1976 Toronto0000
1980 Arnhem0000
1984 Stoke Mandeville1001
1988 Seoul0000
1992 Barcelona0000
1996 Atlanta0000
2000 Sydney*0000
2004 Athens0000
2008 Beijing0000
2012 London0000
2016 Rio0101
Totals (15 games)2338

Summer Paralympic Games

1960

Australia represented by:
Men - Bruno Moretti, Bill Mather-Brown[1]
Australia won a silver medal in Men's Doubles B - Bruno Moretti, Bill Mather-Brown

1964

Australia represented by:
Men - Allan McLucas
Women - Daphne Ceeney, Marion O'Brien, Elaine Schreiber [1]
Australia won 1 gold and 3 bronze medals.

1968

Australia represented by:
Men - Kevin Bawden, Alan Conn, Kevin Coombs, John Martin, Bill Mather-Brown, Allan McLucas, Bruno Moretti, Jimmy Newton, Tony South, Don Watts
Women - Lorraine Dodd, Daphne Hilton, Cherrie Loydstrom, Marion O'Brien, Elaine Schreiber, Pam Smith [1]
Australia won 1 silver medal in Women's Doubles C - Marion O'Brien, Elaine Schreiber.

1972

Australia represented by:
Men – Bob Millan, Cliff Rickard
Women - ? [1]
Australia did not win any medals.

1976

Australia represented by:
MenKevin Bawden, Wayne Flood, Ray Letheby, Peter Marsh, John Martin, Ross Soutar
WomenElaine Schreiber
[1] Australia did not win any medals.

1980

Australia represented by:
Men – Donald Dann, Peter Marsh, John Martin, John Sheil, Charlie Tapscott [1]
Australia did not win any medals.

1984

Australia represented by:
MenTerry Biggs, Paul Croft, Joe Marlow, Errol Smith [1] Australian won a gold medal through Terry Biggs performance.

1988

Australia represented by:
Men – Geoffrey Barden, Marcel Bucello, Paul Croft, Gary Croker, Jeremy Halloran, Craig Parson, John Sheil, Ian Simpson
Women – Carmel Williams[1]
Australia did not win any medals.

1992

Australian table tennis player Csaba Bobary playing in Barcelona Paralympics

Australia represented by:
Men – Csaba Bobory [1][2]
Australia won no medals.

1996

No athletes

2000

Australia represented by:

Men - Bill Medley, Ross Schurgott
Officials - Head Coach - Joe Hoad (Head) ; Officials - Carmel Medley
Australia was given two wild card entries due to it being the host nation. It did not win any medals as no athlete progressed past the first round.[1][3]

2004

No athletes

2008

Australia represented by:
Women - Rebecca Julian, Sarah Lazzaro
Officials - Head Coach - Brian Berry, Section Manager - Barbara Talbot Catherine Morrow was selected but withdrew from the team.[4][5]

Australia did not win any medals.

2012

Australia represented by:
Women- Melissa Tapper, Rebecca McDonnell
Officials - Head Coach - Alois Rosario ; Team Leader - Roger Massie
[6]
Australia did not win any medals.

2016

Australia represented by:
Women- Daniela Di Toro, Melissa Tapper, Andrea McDonnell (d)
Men- Barak Mizrachi (d), Samuel Von Einem (d)
Officials - Head Coach - Alois Rosario ; Team Leader - Roger Massie
[7]

Sam Von Einem in winning the silver medal won Australia's first medal since Terry Biggs won gold in 1984.


(d)= Paralympic Games debut

See also

References

  1. "Table tennis results". International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  2. Australian Team Members Profile Handbook. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Federation. 1992.
  3. Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2000.
  4. Media Guide Beijing 2008 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  5. Annual Report 2007-2008. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008.
  6. Media Guide : London 2012 Paralympic Games (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
  7. Media Guide Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
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