Pamela Fontaine (born 1964 in

Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...

) is an American Paralympic table tennis player. She participated in the

1984 Summer Paralympics The 1984 International Games for the Disabled, canonically the 1984 Summer Paralympics were the seventh Paralympic Games to be held. There were two separate competitions: one in Stoke Mandeville, England, United Kingdom for wheelchair athletes ...

but decided to retire three years later. She took up wheelchair basketball and won a bronze medal at the

1996 Summer Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympic Games, Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games ...

. Five years later she returned to table tennis and became a 3-time silver medalist at both the

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and

2011 Parapan American Games The 4th Parapan American Games took place from November 12 to 20 in Guadalajara, Mexico. The Games are an international multi-sport event for athletes with a physical disability. The Games were held 20 days after the 2011 Pan American Games beg ...

for both singles and doubles. In 2009 she won 2 gold medals for the same reasons and at the same place. In 2016 she participated in

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 ...

. Prior to participation at the Paralympic games in Rio, she participated at the Slovakian and Slovenian Opens.

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Living people 1964 births Paralympic table tennis players for the United States Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for the United States Paralympic silver medalists for the United States Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States Sportspeople from Columbus, Ohio Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair basketball players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball Paralympic medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2023 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games Basketball players from Columbus, Ohio American female table tennis players {{US-tabletennis-bio-stub