- Source: 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:
Daphne Ceeney and Marion O'Brien in 1964
Terry Biggs in 1984
Lei Lina in 2021 (2020 Summer Paralympics)
Qian Yang in 2021 (2020 Summer Paralympics)
Medal tally
Summer Paralympic Games
= 1960
=Australia represented by:
Men - Bruno Moretti, Bill Mather-Brown
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
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
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 - ?
Australia did not win any medals.
= 1976
=Australia represented by:
Men – Kevin Bawden, Wayne Flood, Ray Letheby, Peter Marsh, John Martin, Ross Soutar
Women – Elaine Schreiber
Australia did not win any medals.
= 1980
=Australia represented by:
Men – Donald Dann, Peter Marsh, John Martin, John Sheil, Charlie Tapscott
Australia did not win any medals.
= 1984
=Australia represented by:
Men – Terry Biggs, Paul Croft, Garry Croker Joe Marlow, Errol Smith
Women – Carmel Williams
Australian won a gold medal through Terry Biggs performance.
= 1988
=Australia represented by:
Men – Geoffrey Barden, Marcel Bucello, Paul Croft, Garry Croker, Jeremy Halloran, Craig Parson, John Sheil, Ian Simpson
Women – Carmel Williams
Australia did not win any medals.
= 1992
=Australia represented by:
Men – Csaba Bobory
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.
= 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.
Australia did not win any medals.
= 2012
=Australia represented by: Women- Melissa Tapper, Rebecca McDonnell
Officials - Head Coach - Alois Rosario ; Team Leader - Roger Massie
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
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
Table tennis at the Summer Paralympics
Australia at the Paralympics
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Australian Paralympic Table Tennis Team
- Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis at the Summer Paralympics
- 2024 Summer Paralympics medal table
- Yang Qian (table tennis)
- International Table Tennis Federation
- Ma Lin (Paralympian)
- Australia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Australian Paralympic wheelchair tennis team
- World Table Tennis Championships
