PARA TABLE TENNIS NEWS

No. 27: Rob Davies vaults to table tennis world No. 1
From winning double gold at the European Championships to topping the world rankings, Great Britain’s Rob Davies explains the best year of his life.

No. 40: China’s Panfeng Feng becomes table tennis star
There’s no better way to follow up London 2012 double-gold than winning another pair of golds at a regional Championships in your home country.

Australia end table tennis event in dominating fashion
The Australian delegation took all of the team gold medals available on the final day of the 2013 ITTF Oceania Para-Table Tennis Championships.

Australian trio qualifies for Table Tennis Worlds
Melissa Tapper, James Kwon and Nathan Pellissier all won their singles events at the 2013 ITTF Oceania Regional Para-Table Tennis Championships.

Oceania Para-Table Tennis event to be streamed live
The ITTF Oceania Para-Table Tennis Championships will feature top players from the region’s 24 delegations.

Vote now for October’s IPC Athlete of the Month
Nominees for the IPC Athlete of the Month award include: Robert Davies, Panfeng Feng, Natascha Hiltrop, Witsanu Huadpradit, Jonas Jacobsson and Seung-Hwan Jung.

Parapan American Youth Games close in Buenos Aires
More than 600 athletes from 16 countries took part in the event which saw Brazil top the medals table.

China headline entries for ITTF’s Asian Championships
Seventeen London 2012 Paralympic gold medallists are set to take part in the ITTF Para-Table Tennis Asian Championships in Beijing, China.

Denmark to host 2015 Para-Table Tennis Euros
Newly crowned European champion Peter Rosenmeier will have the chance to return to his home soil to defend his title.

Turkey, France haul in table tennis titles
The European Para-Table Tennis Championships came to a close with thrilling action in the team events.

Kelly van Zon’s loss shakes up Table Tennis Euros
The defending Paralympic, world and European champion lost her opening round singles match, making for a thrilling start to the European Championships.

European women retain table tennis titles in Italy
Several of the top female table tennis players held onto their European titles, though a lot of the top-ranked men were upset in the final rounds.

Lignano 2013: Five faces to watch
The ITTF Para-Table Tennis Championships will take place from 27 September – 4 October in Lignano, Italy.

Holger Nikelis motivated for Euros by past failures
Despite winning at London 2012, Germany’s Holger Nikelis is still looking to regain his men’s Class 1 table tennis European title.

Sweden’s world No. 1 table tennis player ‘fearless’
Anna-Carin Ahlquist will look to follow-up her Class 3 Paralympic title with a European title later this month in Lignano, Italy.

Will Bayley heads to Europeans playing his best ever
The 25-year-old British table tennis star gets his inspiration from his mother, who has the same disability as him.

One year on: Jochen Wollmert starts a family
Germany’s Paralympic table tennis champion talks of his newborn son and his quest for a seventh Paralympics.

Soo Yong, Wetherill pull surprises at Korea Open
Athletes from South Korea, Great Britain, China and Indonesia made headlines at the Korea Para-Table Tennis Open Championships.

Kim Young Gun leads entries at Korea Para-Table Tennis Open
Competition across 11 classes will take place this week in Incheon, Korea.

Melissa Tapper called up for ITTF Oceania Cup
Paralympian Melissa Tapper will compete against the best able-bodied table tennis players in the Oceania region.