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.

AUS PARA TEAM SET NEW RECORD AT JAPAN PARA OPEN

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