AUS PARA TEAM SET NEW RECORD AT JAPAN PARA OPEN

Published Mon 04 Sep 2023

The AUS Para Team have just finished competing in the 2023 ITTF Japan Para Open and have secured our best ever International Factor 20/40 Para event result with 7 x Gold, 1 x Silver and 2 x Bronze medals. Medals featured across the Class singles, Mens and Womens doubles and Mixed doubles events.

Congratulations to the entire AUS Para Team for these outstanding results. Special mention must go to our coaches, Alois Rosario and George Logothetis, as well as our performance analyst, Sam Wells, who all worked tirelessly to provide the necessary support to the athletes.

MEDAL COLOUR

MEDALIST NAME(S)

EVENT

GOLD

Sam von Einem (SA)

Class 11 Mens Singles

GOLD

Qian Yang (VIC)

Class 10 Womens Singles

GOLD

Lin Ma (VIC)

Class 9 Mens Singles

GOLD

Lina Lei (VIC)

Class 8-9 Womens Singles

GOLD

Qian Yang (VIC) / Lina Lei (VIC)

Womens Doubles Class WD20

GOLD

Lin Ma (VIC) / Qian Yang (VIC)

Mixed Doubles Class XD20

GOLD

Sam von Einem (SA) / Po Yen Chen (TPE)

Mens Doubles Class MD22

SILVER

Nathan Pellissier (VIC) / Lina Lei (VIC)

Mixed Doubles Class XD17

BRONZE

Lenny Properjohn (WA)

Class 6 Mens Singles

BRONZE

Lin Ma (VIC) / Nathan Pellissier (VIC)

Mens Doubles Class MD18

For the full results please click on the below link:

https://results.ittf.com/ittf-web-results/html/TTE5483/results.html#/entries

Focus will now shift to the ITTF Oceania Para Regional Championships which are due to be held in Honiara, Solomon Islands from 17 – 20 November. This is the regional qualification event for the 2024 Paralympic Games.


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