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Ratana Techamaneewat
Ratana Techamaneewat, also known as Chanungarn Techamaneewat, is a Thai wheelchair tennis player. Techamaneewat competed at the 2004 Paralympic Games where she won a silver medal in the women's doubles event. She also competed at the 2012 Paralympic Games. References External links * * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Ratana Techamaneewat Ratana Techamaneewat Ratana Techamaneewat Ratana Techamaneewat Paralympic medalists in wheelchair tennis Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Ratana Techamaneewat Ratana Techamaneewat Ratana Techamaneewat Ratana Techamaneewat, also known as Chanungarn Techamaneewat, is a Thai wheelchair tennis player. Techamaneewat competed at the 2004 Paralympic Games where she won a silver medal in the women's doubles event. She also competed at the 2012 Para ... Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheelchair Tennis
Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis: athletes use specially designed wheelchairs, and the ball may bounce up to two times, where the second bounce may also occur outside the court. Wheelchair tennis has been played at all four Grand Slams since 2007, and is one of the sports contested at the Summer Paralympics. There are three categories, Men, Women, and Quads; each category has singles and doubles tournaments. The Quad, the newest division, is for players that have substantial loss of function in at least one upper limb, but may include various disabilities besides quadriplegia. The division is sometimes called Mixed, especially at the Paralympic Games. Quad players often tape the rackets to their hand, to compensate for loss of function, and some players are allowed to use electric-powered wheelchairs. History Whee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralympic Wheelchair Tennis Players For Thailand
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency, leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, are held almost immediately following the respective Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The Paralympics has grown from a small gathering of British World War II veterans in 1948 to become one of the largest international sporting events by the early 21st century. The Paralympics has grown from 400 athletes with a disability from 23 countries in Rome 1960, where they were proposed by doctor Antonio Maglio, to 4,520 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
