THOMAS Maxime

Date of Birth: 17 Dec 1983

Age: 37

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 4

Place of birth: NANCY

Birth Country:

France

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Men's Team - Class 4-5 FRA France	3
	Men's Singles - Class 4	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 7	Men's Singles - Class 4 Group C #3 EGY SALEH SMSALEH Sameh Mohamed Sport Class: 4 1 FRA THOMAS MTHOMAS Maxime Sport Class: 4 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 7	Men's Singles - Class 4 Group C #9 NGR OGUNKUNLE IOGUNKUNLE Isau Sport Class: 4 2 FRA THOMAS MTHOMAS Maxime Sport Class: 4 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 5	Men's Singles - Class 4 Quarterfinal 2 #28 POL ZYLKA KZYLKA Krzysztof Sport Class: 4 1 FRA THOMAS MTHOMAS Maxime Sport Class: 4 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 6	Men's Singles - Class 4 Semifinal 1 #31 TUR OZTURK AOZTURK Abdullah Sport Class: 4 3 FRA THOMAS MTHOMAS Maxime Sport Class: 4 1	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 8	Men's Team - Classes 4-5 Quarterfinal 4 #7 NGR Nigeria 0 FRA France 2	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 6	Men's Team - Classes 4-5 Semifinal 2 #9 KOR Republic of Korea 2 FRA France 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
3	Singles - Class 4	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
3	Team - Class 4-5	2012	London, GBR
3	Team - Class 4-5	2008	Beijing, CHN
4	Singles - Class 4	2012	London, GBR
5	Team - Class 4-5	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
13	Singles - Classes 4-5	2008	Beijing, CHN
World Championships
1	Team - Class 4	2010	Gwangju, KOR
2	Team - Class 4	2017	Bratislava, SVK
3	Singles - Class 4	2014	Beijing, CHN
3	Team - Class 5	2014	Beijing, CHN
3	Singles - Class 4	2010	Gwangju, KOR
3	Men's Open Wheelchair	2010	Gwangju, KOR
5	Singles - Class 4	2018	Lasko, SLO
European Championships
1	Singles - Class 4	2017	Lasko, SLO
2	Team - Class 5	2019	Helsingborg, SWE
2	Team - Class 4	2017	Lasko, SLO
5	Singles - Class 4	2019	Helsingborg, SWE

Maxou (Athlete, 27 Jul 2016)

Yoga, cooking, reading. (Athlete, 27 Jul 2016)

Occupation:

Athlete, Consultant

Law - University of Lyon, France

Languages spoken:

English, French

CS Charcot [Sainte-Foy-les-Lyon, FRA]

Right (lequipe.fr, 04 Nov 2010)

2001 for France, in Saint-Raphael, France (Athlete, 27 Jul 2016)

He sustained a shoulder injury in 2010. (Athlete, 27 Jul 2016)

He took up the sport at age 15 in France. (Athlete, 27 Jul 2016; lyon.fr, 07 Mar 2016)

"I started playing table tennis when I left the hospital. Before I got sick, I did 10 years of able-bodied tennis and wanted to get back into sport, so I chose a racket sport." (Athlete, 27 Jul 2016; lyon.fr, 07 Mar 2016)

To compete at the 2020 and 2024 Paralympic Games. (le10sport.com, 09 Oct 2017)

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer. (Athlete, 27 Jul 2016)

His first coach Ludovic Remy. (Athlete, 27 Jul 2016)

Philosophy:

"If you love your dream, love the plan that comes with it." (Athlete, 27 Jul 2016)

General Interest

Classification
TT4 (ipttc.org, 01 Apr 2020)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (Athlete, 27 Jul 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 27 Jul 2016)

Impairment Details
His impairment is the result of an illness in 1999. (Athlete, 27 Jul 2016; laprovence.com, 20 Nov 2016)

General
PREVIOUS OCCUPATION
He has worked as a lawyer, but decided to give up the profession after the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in order to focus on sport. "I could not combine law and sport, doing both at the highest level. I am fully focused on the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo and the 2024 Games in Paris." (Athlete, 27 Jul 2016; le10sport.com, 09 Oct 2017)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/mthomas.athlete
https://instagram.com/mthomas.athlete

Legend

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

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