Para table tennis is a parasports which follows the rules set by the international table tennis federation (ittf).
Paralympic table tennis players. Athletes are classified based on how much their impairment impacts their performance in the sport and their functional ability. Check out the amazing videos about the table tennis event on the paralympic games on this. Players with short stature may also play in sport class 10.
The usual table tennis rules. Table tennis players with an intellectual impairment typically have difficulties with: In rio de janeiro there will be singles and team events.
Paralympic table tennis players of serbia (4 p) paralympic table tennis players of singapore (1 p) paralympic table tennis players of slovakia (10 p) paralympic table. Giada rossi (born 24 august 1994 in san vito al tagliamento) is a female italian. The paralympic table tennis tournament is ostensibly the same as the olympic event.
It consisted of 11 medal events, six for men and. Ittf high performance & development webinar 10 on ittf para table tennis classification is available on youtube. Media in category paralympic table tennis players the following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total.
Leading para table tennis athletes reflect on the olympic games. Table tennis at the 1992 summer paralympics. Melissa tapper of australia and natalia partyka of poland, both known rivals, qualified for both the tokyo 2020.
Tara profitt at the slovenia open in 2012.jpg 2,048 × 1,365; Sport class 11 intellectual impairment. Para table tennis is the third largest paralympic sport in terms of athlete numbers and is practiced in more than 100 countries.