Neil Robinson is a retired

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player from the United Kingdom. He participated in seven consecutive

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and won team titles with Scott Robertson and

James Rawson James Rawson (born 7 July 1965 in Newark, Nottinghamshire) is a British table tennis player who competed at every Summer Paralympic Games between 1984 and 2008, winning five medals. He has also competed at World Championships in Assen 1990,Taipe ...

in both world and European championships. He was appointed

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(MBE) in the

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for services to disabled sport.

Paralympic career

At the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics, Robinson took silver in the Men's Singles Class 3 and gold in the Men's Teams Class 3 alongside

and Phillip Evans. Robinson won the Class 3 individual silver again four years later at the

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, this time taking the bronze in the Class 3 team competition with Rawson. At the 2000 Sydney Paralympics, Robinson won silver in the Men's Class 3 Team event with Rawson and Stefan Trofan. The same trio retained their silver medal at the

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, losing in the

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. Robinson competed at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics in the Men's individual Class 3 event without winning a medal; alongside James Rawson he came fourth in the Men's team Class 3, losing the bronze medal match to host nation

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. After retiring from competition, Robinson became a coach for the Paralympics GB table tennis team.

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