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Wheelchair Tennis At The 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's Singles
The men's singles wheelchair tennis tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo was held at the Ariake Coliseum, Ariake Tennis Park in Kōtō, Kōtō, Tokyo from 27 August to 4 September 2021. Japan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Japan's Shingo Kunieda defeated Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, the Netherlands' Tom Egberink in the final, 6–1, 6–2 to win the gold medal in men's singles wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. It was his third Paralympic singles gold medal, and fourth Paralympic gold overall. Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Great Britain's Gordon Reid (tennis), Gordon Reid was the defending gold medalist, but was defeated by Kunieda in the semifinals; he went on to defeat compatriot Alfie Hewett in the bronze-medal match, in a rematch of the previous edition's final. Seeds (champion, gold medalist) ''(semifinals)'' ''(third round)'' ''(quarterfinals)'' ''(semifinals, bronze medalist) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariake Coliseum
is an indoor sporting arena in located in Ariake, Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. It has a capacity of 10,000 and is one of the few professional tennis venues which has a retractable roof. Events The arena is used as the center court for the Japan Open and the Pan Pacific Open, held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park. This venue will also host Road FC 24, instead of Ryogoku Kokugikan. The venue also hosted the tennis events for the 2020 Summer Olympics. In 1995, Fuji TV's hit cooking show ''Iron Chef'' held its 1995 World Cup there, with the court converted into an outdoor version of Kitchen Stadium. Iron Chef Japanese Rokusaburo Michiba won the four-person single elimination tournament to determine the best chef in the world, with the other participants being Pierre Gagnaire, Gianfranco Vissani and Xu Cheng. This was also the homeground arena for Pro Wrestling NOAH from the year 2000 with destiny 2000, since then they have been doing shows till 2015 See also * List of tennis stadiums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Peifer
Nicolas Peifer (born 13 October 1990, in Strasbourg) is a French wheelchair tennis player. In doubles, Peifer has completed the career Super Slam, having won all four majors, a Paralympic gold medal in 2016, and the Wheelchair Tennis Masters over the course of his career. In 2007 Peifer won the Junior Masters. Grand Slam wins Doubles * French Open: 2011 (w/ Kunieda), 2017 (w/ Houdet) * US Open: 2011 (w/ Houdet) * Wimbledon: 2015 (w/ Fernández) * Australian Open: 2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ... (w/ Houdet) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Peifer, Nicolas 1990 births Living people French male tennis players Wheelchair tennis players Paralympic wheelchair tennis players of France Paralympic gold medalists for F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Legner
Martin Legner (born 17 December 1961 in Tyrol) is a professional Austrian wheelchair tennis player who has been ranked number one for wheelchair doubles. Legner has won the Australian Open doubles title four times with Robin Ammerlaan since 2000, and has won eight doubles titles. Six of them are Australian Open Titles, the other two being French Open titles. He has won one French Open and one Australian Open singles title. He has represented his country at every Summer Paralympics since 1992, and has competed in both singles and doubles at all of those Games. His favorite surfaces are clay and hard court. As of 7 April 2007 his highest singles rank was number three. Also of that date, he was ranked number six for singles and doubles. He competed in wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Grand Slam wins Singles * 2005 Australian Open * 1998 French Open Doubles * 2006 Australian Open (w/ Ammerlaan) * 2005 Australian Open (w/ Ammerlaan) * 2004 Australian Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ji Zhenxu
Ji or JI may refer to: Names and titles * Ji (surname), the pinyin romanization of a number of distinct Chinese surnames * Ji (Korean name), a Korean surname and element in given names (including lists of people with the name) * -ji, an honorific used as a suffix in many languages of India * J.I the Prince of N.Y, American rapper also known as J.I. * Ji (or Hou Ji), legendary founder of Zhou dynasty Places in China * Jì (冀), pinyin abbreviation for the province of Hebei * Jí (吉), pinyin abbreviation for the province of Jilin * Ji (state), an ancient Chinese state * Ji City (other), several places * Ji County (other), several places * Ji Prefecture (Shandong), a prefecture in imperial China * Ji Province, one of the Nine Provinces of ancient China * Ji River, either of two former rivers Organizations * Jamaat-e-Islami (other), several organizations * Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), a Southeast Asian militant Islamist rebel group * Jurong Institute (J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marek Gergely , also spelled Merek, a village in Iran
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Marek is the West Slavic (Czech, Polish and Slovak) masculine equivalent of Marcus, Marc or Mark. The name may refer to: * Marek (given name) * Marek (surname) * Marek, the pseudonym of Bulgarian communist Stanke Dimitrov (1889–1944) * The title character of '' Oberinspektor Marek'', an Austrian television series See also * * Marek's disease * VC Marek Union-Ivkoni, Bulgarian professional men's volleyball team, based in Dupnitsa * Marek i Wacek (meaning Marek and Wacek), a musical duo of Polish pianists Marek Tomaszewski and Wacław "Wacek" Kisielewski * Marrick * Merrick (other) * Mereg Mereg ( fa, مرگ; also known as Mark, Merek, Merk, and Mirg) is a village in Sarkal Rural District, in the Central District of Marivan County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. As of the 2006 census, it had a population of 372, distributed among 80 fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefanos Diamantis
Stephanos or Stefanos, in Greek , is a masculine given name derived from the Greek word (''stéphanos''), meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", from the verb (''stéphein''), "to encircle, to wreathe". In Ancient Greece, crowning wreaths (such as laurel wreaths) were given to the winners of contests. Originally, as the verb suggests, the noun had a more general meaning of any "circle"—including a circle of people, a circling wall around a city, and, in its earliest recorded use, the circle of a fight, which is found in the ''Iliad'' of Homer. on Perseus The English equivalent is Stephen. Peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheelchair Tennis At The 2020 Summer Paralympics
Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan took place at the Ariake Tennis Park from 27 August to 4 September 2021. The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021. Patrick Selepe became the first disabled umpire to officiate in a wheelchair Paralympic event. Qualification * There are 56 male (singles and doubles), 32 female (singles and doubles) and 16 quad (singles and doubles). * The qualification slots are awarded to the individual athletes, not to the NPCs and they should not exceed the maximum total quota allocation of 11 qualification slots. ** A maximum of eight qualification slots (4 male, 4 female) can be allocated to men's and women's singles events respectively. ** A maximum of three in the quads' class. ** A maximum of two men's or women's teams to represent the doubles' events. ** One team, of mixed gender, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruben Spaargaren
Reuben or Reuven is a Biblical male first name from Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (Re'uven), meaning "behold, a son". In the Bible, Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob. Variants include Rúben in European Portuguese; Rubens in Brazilian Portuguese; Rubén in Spanish; Rubèn in Catalan; Ruben in Dutch, German, French, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and Armenian; and Rupen/Roupen in Western Armenian. The form Ruben can also be a form of the name Robin, itself a variation of the Germanic name Robert in several Celtic languages. It preserves the "u" sound from the name's first component "hruod" (compare Ruairí, the Irish form of Roderick). Mononym * Ruben I, Prince of Armenia (1025/1035 – 1095), the first lord of Armenian Cilicia or "Lord of the Mountains" from 1080/1081/1082 to 1095, founder of Rubenid dynasty * Ruben II, Prince of Armenia (c. 1165 – 1170), the seventh lord of Armenian Cilicia or "Lord of the Mountains" from 1169 to 1170 * Ruben III, Prince of Arme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jef Vandorpe
Jef is a Dutch-language masculine given name primarily used in Belgium. It is a short form of Jozef/ Josef, used also in Breton. People with the name include: *Jef Billings (born 1945), American figure skating costume designer *Jef Boeke (born 1950s), American geneticist *Jef Bruyninckx (1919–1995), Belgian film actor, editor and director *Jef Caers (born 1970s), Belgian geostatistician *Jef Colruyt (born 1958), Belgian businessman * Jef Delen (born 1976), Belgian footballer *Jef Demuysere (1907–1969), Belgian cyclist *Jef Denyn (1862–1941), Belgian carillon player *Jef Dutilleux (1876–1960), Belgian painter * Jef Elbers (born 1947), Belgian singer, script writer, and political activist *Jef François (1901–1996), Belgian Nazi collaborator * Jef Gaitan (born 1986), Filipino actress *Jef Geeraerts (1930–2015), Belgian writer *Jef Geys (1934-2018), Belgian artist *Jef Gilson (1926–2012), French pianist, arranger, composer and big band leader *Jef Jurion (born 1937), Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maikel Scheffers
Maikel Scheffers (born 7 September 1982) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. He plays singles and doubles events. Scheffers was born with spina bifida. He lives in Dorst. He has won six Grand Slam titles—two in wheelchair singles and four in wheelchair doubles. Paralympic Games Scheffers participated in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. He won a bronze medal in the wheelchair men singles competition. In the wheelchair men's doubles tournament, he and partner Ronald Vink lost in the bronze medal game to Shingo Kunieda and Satoshi Saida is a Japanese pioneering wheelchair tennis player and 2004 Summer Paralympics gold medalist ( Men's doubles with Shingo Kunieda). Saida, a big baseball enthusiast in his childhood, lost his left leg because of illness. At first, he used to p .... Grand Slam performance timelines Wheelchair singles Source: Profile at www.australianopen.com and Profile at 2011.usopen.org Wheelchair doubles Source: Profile at www.australiano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Caverzaschi
Daniel Javier Caverzaschi Arzola (born 11 July 1993) is a Spanish wheelchair tennis player. He represented Spain in 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics... Personal Caverzaschi was born on 11 July 1993 in Madrid, missing most of his right leg from the knee down. His family lived in Spain until he was two years old. They moved to United States "because of isfather's job", for the next eight years. He spent most of his childhood in Miami, except for a year in Chicago. Caverzaschi has graduated in economics at the University of Warwick, Coventry, England. There he trained under coach Matt Thomas. At now, he trains at CAR Sant Cugat del Vallés, (Barcelona); and Ciudad de la Raqueta (Madrid). He is sponsored by Vodafone, Madrid Tennis Federation, and Runnymede College, his "old school in Madrid", which provides him financial support. His goal outside of sport is to become a banker. Wheelchair tennis Caverzaschi is a left-handed wheelchair tennis player. He started the sport when he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takuya Miki
is a Paralympic tennis player from Japan. He competed in wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, and at the 2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym .... Career statistics Grand Slam performance timelines Wheelchair singles Wheelchair doubles =Grand Slam tournament finals= Wheelchair doubles: 4 (0 titles, 4 runner-ups) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanada, Takashi 1985 births Living people Japanese male tennis players Japanese wheelchair tennis players Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for Japan Wheelchair tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics 21st-century Japanese people Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
