Ross Wilson (born 5 June 1995) is a British paralympic
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.
He competed at the 2011 European Championships in
Split, Croatia
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, winning silver and gained another silver medal at the 2011 Bayreuth Open,
Bayreuth
Bayreuth (, ; bar, Bareid) is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtelgebirge Mountains. The town's roots date back to 1194. In the 21st century, it is the capital of U ...
, Germany, competing in the men's singles class 8. He has also been a two-time national doubles champion in non-disabled competition. In the
2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...
he won a bronze medal in the
men's team class 6–8.
Personal life
Wilson was born in
Minster,
Kent
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. He has a genetic condition that affects his bones and their growth.
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1995 births
Living people
English male table tennis players
People from Minster-in-Thanet
Paralympic table tennis players of Great Britain
Paralympic medalists in table tennis
Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain
Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Commonwealth Games medallists in table tennis
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Table tennis players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
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