Rungroj Thainiyom ( th, รุ่งโรจน์ ไทยนิยม, , born 16 December 1986) is a

para table tennis Para table tennis is a parasports which follows the rules set by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The usual table tennis rules are in effect with slight modifications for wheelchair athletes. Athletes from disability groups can ...

player from Thailand.

Career

He has won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and a bronze medal at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

. He was the first Thai to win a Paralympic gold medal in table tennis.

Personal life

He has

muscular dystrophy Muscular dystrophies (MD) are a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of rare neuromuscular diseases that cause progressive weakness and breakdown of skeletal muscles over time. The disorders differ as to which muscles are primarily affe ...

References

Living people Paralympic medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics 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 1986 births

Rungroj Thainiyom Rungroj Thainiyom ( th, รุ่งโรจน์ ไทยนิยม, , born 16 December 1986) is a para table tennis player from Thailand. Career He has won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer ...

People with muscular dystrophy

FESPIC Games competitors

Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games {{Paralympic-medalist-stub