Jiři Suchánek (born 9 May 1982) is a

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player who competes in international level events. He is a World and Paralympic bronze medalist and a five-time European medalist. Suchánek was involved in a serious car accident in 1999 when the car that he was driving crashed into another car that was driven by a driver who was under the influence of alcohol and was unlicensed, the other driver was killed at the scene. This led to him paralysed from the 5th and 6th

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, he spent nine months in a specialist hospital in

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, he got involved in para table tennis in 2005 and competed internationally two years later in 2007.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Suchanek, Jiri 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Liberec Paralympic table tennis players for the Czech Republic Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Czech male table tennis players