Alain Ledoux (9 October 1952 - 16 October 2008) was a

Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct languag ...

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player who competed in Paralympic Games where he won three bronze medals. He is the father of fellow table tennis player

Marc Ledoux Marc Philippe Ledoux (born 4 March 1986 in La Louvière) is a Belgian Paralympic table tennis player with cerebral palsy. His father, Alain Ledoux, also competed in Paralympic table tennis. Marc Ledoux has won two medals at the 2004 Summer Paral ...

Paralympic Games

He competed for the first time in the Los Angeles 1984 Paralympics Games where he won a bronze medal. He won another medal four years later in

Seoul 1988 The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. He also took part in

Barcelona 1992 The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. He competed for the last time in Atlanta 1996 where he won the third bronze medal of his sport career. He joined Athens 2004 and

Beijing 2008 The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...

as a personal coach.

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1952 births Belgian male table tennis players Table tennis players at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Paralympic table tennis players for Belgium Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in table tennis Paralympic bronze medalists for Belgium 2008 deaths {{Belgium-tabletennis-bio-stub