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Sara Head
Sara Head (born 12 April 1980) is a Welsh Paralympic table tennis player. Head has represented Wales at two Commonwealth Games and was selected for the 2012 Paralympic Games, where she took the bronze medal in the Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's team – Class 1–3, women's team class 1–3 event with team-mate Jane Campbell (table tennis), Jane Campbell. Career history Head was born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1980 and grew up in Beddau near Pontypridd. She was educated at Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive School. At the age of 15 Head became paraplegic after contracting a virus. She initially took up wheelchair basketball, but switched to table tennis after a boyfriend introduced her to the sport around 2000. Head's ability at the sport brought her to the attention of Disability Sport Wales who encouraged her to keep training at the sport and also introduced her to Paralympian Jim Munkley. By 2002, under the coaching of Munkley, Head had shown enough talent to be s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingdom. Located in the south-east of Wales and in the Cardiff Capital Region, Cardiff is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan and in 1974–1996 of South Glamorgan. It belongs to the Eurocities network of the largest European cities. A small town until the early 19th century, its prominence as a port for coal when mining began in the region helped its expansion. In 1905, it was ranked as a city and in 1955 proclaimed capital of Wales. Cardiff Built-up Area covers a larger area outside the county boundary, including the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth. Cardiff is the main commercial centre of Wales as well as the base for the Senedd. At the 2021 census, the unitary authority area population was put at 362,400. The popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coincide with the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II, head of the Commonwealth, and Manchester was selected for the 2002 Games ahead of London using a recycled part of the project, which lost the 2000 Summer Olympics and Paralympics to Sydney, Australia. The 2002 Commonwealth Games were, prior to the 2012 Summer Olympics, the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing the London 1948 Summer Olympics in terms of teams and athletes participating. The 2002 Commonwealth Games had the most events out of any Commonwealth Games in history, featuring 281 events across 17 sports. The Games were considered a success for the host city, providing an event to display how Manchester had changed following the 1996 bombing. The Games formed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Organising Committee Of The Olympic And Paralympic Games
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) was the organisation responsible for overseeing the planning and development of the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. It was jointly established by the UK Government's Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Mayor of London and the British Olympic Association and was structured as a private company limited by guarantee. LOCOG worked closely with the publicly funded Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), which is responsible for the planning and construction of new venues and infrastructure. The organising committee, which was not responsible for building permanent venues, reported spent £2.38 billion since winning the bid in 2005 and generated £2.41 billion. On 30 May 2013, it handed back to the government, Britain's Olympic committee and other beneficiaries a surplus of £30 million from the 2012 Games. The British Olympic Association received £5.3 million, the British Paralympic Associatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sang Sook Jung
Jung Sang-sook (, born 26 February 1980) is a South Korean retired para table tennis player. She won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam .... She was disabled in an accident when she was in high school. She began playing in 2007. References External links * * 1980 births Paralympic medalists in table tennis South Korean female table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic table tennis players for South Korea Living people Paralympic silver medalists for South Korea People from Siheung Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province People with paraplegia 21st-century South Korean women Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games {{Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyoung Hee Cho
Cho Kyoung-hee (, born 26 August 1962) is a South Korean retired para table tennis player. She won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ... at age 50. She began playing table tennis in 2005 at age 43, when a doctor advised her to exercise. References 1962 births Paralympic medalists in table tennis South Korean female table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic table tennis players for South Korea Living people Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province People from Bucheon Paralympic silver medalists for South Korea People with paraplegia {{SouthKorea-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hatice Duman
Hatice Duman (born April 5, 1974 in Malatya) is a Kurdish journalist and editor-in-chief of the daily Atılım (The Leap), the official newspaper of the Marxist–Leninist Communist Party (MLKP) in Turkey. Since April 9, 2003, she has been in prison, accused of being a manager of a terrorist organisation. On October 16, 2012, Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals confirmed the sentence of life-time imprisonment against her. Early years Hatice Duman was born in the eastern province of Malatya Malatya ( hy, Մալաթիա, translit=Malat'ya; Syro-Aramaic ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ Malīṭīná; ku, Meletî; Ancient Greek: Μελιτηνή) is a large city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Province. The city h ... on April 5, 1974. Her family moved to he southeastern province of Gaziantep for economic reasons and she finished elementary and middle school there. She graduated from Trakya University's Vocational School of Higher Education in 1996. J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alena Kanova
Alena is a feminine given name from the origins Russia and Czechia. People Alena is a variant of Helen. People with this name include: * Saint Alena (died 640), born in Dilbeek, Belgium, and martyred c. 640 * Alena Douhan, Belarusian diplomat * Alena Holubeva (born 1994), Belarusian basketball player * Alena Martinovská, Czech actress, appearing in the 1954 film ''Komedianti'' * Alena Matejka (Alena Matějková, born 1966), Czech sculptor and glass designer * Alena Mazouka (born 1967), Belarusian long-distance runner * Alena Mihulová (born 1965), Czech actress, married to director Karel Kachyňa * Alena Šeredová (born 1978), Czech model * Alena Vránová, Czech actress, appearing in the 1956 film ''Lost Children (1956 film)'' * Alena Vrzáňová (1931–2015), Czech athlete, figure skater It is also a Catalan last name. People with this name include: * Carles Aleñá (born 1998), Spanish footballer Fiction * Alena (Encantadia), a fictional character who possesses the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Mader
Doris Mader (born 3 February 1976) is an Austrian table tennis player who has competed for her country at the national level. She won the silver medal in the women's individual class 3 table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Career Doris Mader started playing table tennis when she was seven, in part due to her father who was a table tennis instructor. In 2002, while studying veterinary medicine, she lost motion in her legs. This was caused by a tumour on her spine. Following surgery, she underwent rehabilitation at the Weißer Hof facility in Klosterneuburg. Following her disability, she took up wheelchair table tennis, competing for Austria. She met Andreas Vevera while at Weißer Hof, and the two trained together in the sport. Both competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, where Vevera won the gold medal in the men's individual class 1, while Mader finished fifth in women's individual class 3. Those roles were reversed at the 2012 Games in London, En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mateja Pintar
Mateja Pintar (born July 1985) is a Slovene para table tennis player, who won a gold medal in her class at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, and a bronze at the 2008 Games. Career Pintar enjoyed sports as a child. A month prior to her 15th birthday, while hiking on a hill near Lubník, Slovenia, she slipped and fell. Pintar fell unconscious and was evacuated by helicopter. She had damaged several vertebrae and compressed her spine. Pintar lost the use of her legs, and required the use of a wheelchair. She spent five months rehabilitating, during which time she tried table tennis for the first time. She enjoyed it, and following fellow Slovenian Andreja Dolinar's fourth place at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, Pintar decided that she wanted to pursue the sport after she had completed education. Her first tournament was in Bibone, Italy, in 2002, where she took a set off Olympic champion Alena Kanova of Slovakia. After a point was challenged, she lost focus, which she later described ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Table Tennis At The 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's Individual – Class 3
The Women's individual table tennis - Class 3 tournament at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London took place from 30 August to 3 September 2012 at ExCeL Exhibition Centre. Classes 1-5 were for athletes with a physical impairment that affects their legs, and who competed in a sitting position. The lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment was on an athlete’s ability to compete. In the preliminary stage, athletes competed in six groups of three. Winners of each group qualified for the quarter-finals, together with two seeded players, who were given byes from the preliminary round. Results ''All times are local ( BST/UTC+1)'' Finals Preliminary round Group A 30 August, 10:20 31 August, 10:20 31 August, 20:00 Group B 30 August, 10:20 31 August, 10:20 31 August, 20:00 Group C 30 August, 10:20 31 August, 11:00 31 August, 20:00 Group D 30 August, 10:20 31 August, 11:00 31 August, 20:00 Group E 30 August, 11:00 31 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Para Table Tennis Championships
The World Para Table Tennis Championships are the world championships for para table tennis where athletes with a disability compete. They are organised by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) on a four-year rotation with the Paralympic Games (every four years). The first edition was held in 1990 in Assen, Netherlands, the second in 1998, from that the championships was held every four years. Locations All-time medal count As 2022 (including medals won at the 2017 team championships) See also *International Table Tennis Federation *Table tennis at the Summer Paralympics *World Table Tennis Championships The World Table Tennis Championships are table tennis competitions sanctioned by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The World Championships have been held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Five individual events, which include me ... References External linksPara table tennisweb page at ITTF web site {{Main world championships Table tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
