Martin Pelletier (born April 1, 1967) is a former
Canadian para table tennis player who has competed in five
Parapan American Games. He was a teammate of
Ian Kent who has also won multiple medals.
In July 1992, Pelletier was involved in a serious motorcycle accident which resulted in a right arm amputation, he started playing table tennis recreationally with friends two years after the accident. He became the first Canadian table tennis player to win a table tennis title in 2001 in
Buenos Aires, he went on to compete in the
2000 Summer Paralympics
The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was last time that the Summer Paralympics which were organized by two different ...
but didn't advance to final rounds.
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1967 births
Sportspeople from Gatineau
Paralympic table tennis players for Canada
Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Living people
Canadian amputees
Medalists at the 2007 Parapan American Games
Canadian male table tennis players
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