Table Tennis – Men’s Semi-Final (MS11)

Table Tennis/MS11
Country: Australia (AUS)
Born: 21 June 1995
Event: Table Tennis
Result/Rank:
– World rank #3
– 2016 Paralympics – Silver medallist
– 2017 Thailand Open – Gold medallist
– 2017 Korean Open – Silver medallist
– 2018 IPTT World Championship – Bronze medallist
– 2018 Commonwealth Games Torch Relay
– 2019 INAS Global Games – Gold medallist (Singles), Silver medallist (Teams), Bronze medallist (Doubles).
– 2020 Spanish Costa Brava Open – Bronze medallist

Bio: Sam is an experienced and competitive Table Tennis player, representing Australia at international events since 2016. He was the silver medallist at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, and more recently placed first at the INAS Global Games in 2019. Sam also plays tennis, having won the Australian Tennis Championships singles competition in both 2017 and 2019. Tokyo 2020 will be his second Paralympic Games.

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Table Tennis/MS11
Country: Belgium (BEL)
Born: 28 February 1997
Event: Table Tennis
Results/Rank:

– World #3 – 2014 Beijing, China
– #1 – 2016 Rio Paralympics
– European #3 – 2017 Lasko, Slovenia
– World #1 – 2018 Lasko, Slovenia
– European #1 – 2019 Helsingborg, Sweden

Bio: Florian Van Acker is a Belgian Table Tennis player in the MS11 category. He won Gold at the 2016 Rio Paralympic games, and more recently won Gold at both the 2018 World Championships and the 2019 European Championships. Tokyo 2020 will be his second Paralympic campaign.

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Table Tennis/MS11
Country: France (FRA)
Born: 26 October 1992
Event: Table Tennis
Results/Rank: World Rank #4

– #5 – 2016 Rio Paralympics
– World #1 – Team – 2017 Bratislava, Slovakia
– European #1 – Team – 2017 Lasko, Slovenia
– European #2 – 2017 Lasko, Slovenia
– World #3 – 2018 Lasko, Slovenia
– European #3 – 2019 Helsingborg, Sweden

Bio: Currently ranked fourth in the world, Lucas Creange is a French Table Tennis player. He started playing at 12 years old, and credits his defeats as his best learning experiences in the sport. He is currently in training for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, is excited for the atmosphere at the competition, and hopes to bring home a medal.

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Table Tennis/MS11
Country: Hungary (HUN)
Born: 31 August 1985
Event: Table Tennis
Result/Rank: World rank #1

– #1 – 2012 London Paralympics
– World #3 – 2014 Beijing, China
– #3 – 2016 Rio Paralympics
– European #1 – 2017 Lasko, Slovenia
– World #2 – 2018 Lasko, Slovenia
– European #2 – 2019 Helsingborg, Sweden

Bio: Peter Palos in a Hungarian para table tennis athlete, currently ranked first in the world in the MS11 category. He won gold at both the Athens (2004) and London (2012) Paralympics, as well as bronze in Rio in 2016. He will represent his country once again at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

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