DETTONI Cristian

Date of Birth: 8 Oct 1974

Age: 46

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 6

Place of birth: SANTIAGO

Birth Country:

Chile

Place of residence : SANTIAGO

Residence Country:

Chile

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Men's Singles - Class 6	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Men's Singles - Class 6 Group A #10 CHI DETTONI CDETTONI Cristian Sport Class: 6 3 ESP VALERA AVALERA Alvaro Sport Class: 6 0	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Men's Singles - Class 6 Group A #13 CHI DETTONI CDETTONI Cristian Sport Class: 6 2 GRE CHATZIKYRIAKOS KMCHATZIKYRIAKOS Kanellis Marios Sport Class: 6 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Men's Singles - Class 6 Quarterfinal 1 #24 CHI DETTONI CDETTONI Cristian Sport Class: 6 2 USA SEIDENFELD ISEIDENFELD Ian Sport Class: 6 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
7	Singles - Class 7	2012	London, GBR
9	Team - Classes 6-8	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
11	Singles - Class 6	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
6	Team - Class 6	2017	Bratislava, SVK
13	Singles - Class 7	2014	Beijing, CHN
17	Singles - Class 7	2006	Montreux, SUI

Reading. (Athlete, 13 May 2016)

Occupation:

Anthropology - Bolivarian University of Chile, Santiago, CHI

Sons Jesus and Carlos, daughter Selena

Languages spoken:

Left (Athlete, 05 Jun 2007)

2003 for Chile, Pan American Championships in Brasilia, Brazil (Athlete, 13 May 2016)

He first tried table tennis at school. In 2000 he took up Para table tennis. (bsf.cl, 02 Oct 2020)

He was encouraged to try table tennis by his brother, who played at university. He was away from the sport for a period before discovering Para table tennis in 2000. "My brother invited me to play and I liked it. I practised it for two years until I entered university. At the time, Para sports were little-known in Chile so I focused on my studies. In 2000 I saw in a newspaper that there was a Para table tennis exhibition. It drew my attention, I attended the exhibition and took up the sport again with all my strength. I haven't stopped since. At the beginning it was only as a way of practising a sport, but once I realised I played better than I thought, I liked it even more and kept on training." (bsf.cl, 02 Oct 2020)

To win Paralympic and world championship medals. (paralimpicoschile.wordpress.com, 09 Nov 2018)

Winning gold at the 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, and being Chile's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (Athlete, 13 May 2016; bsf.cl, 02 Oct 2020)

Philosophy:

"The only battle that you lose is the one you give up." (Athlete, 13 May 2016)

He was flag bearer for Chile at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (bsf.cl, 02 Oct 2020)

General Interest

Classification
TT6 (ipttc.org, 01 Aug 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 13 May 2016)

Impairment Details
He was born with arthrogryposis, which describes multiple joint contractures. (eldeportero.cl, 17 Jun 2009)

General
OTHER ROLES
He has served as president of the Chilean Paralympic team. (eldeportero.cl, 24 Sep 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
Besides his social anthropology studies at the Bolivarian University of Chile, he has also studied history teaching at the Andres Bello National University in Chile and has a diploma as a librarian. He has also studied for a master's degree in inclusion and multiculturalism at San Sebastian University in Chile. (Facebook profile, 05 May 2021; LinkedIn profile, 2019)

OCCUPATION
He has worked as a history teacher at a school in Chile. "I think pedagogy is the only way to really build up a new society." (LinkedIn profile, 2019; paralimpicoschile.wordpress.com, 09 Nov 2018)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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