BOUVAIS Thomas

29 May 1991
30
Male
8
MEULAN
 
France
FRANCE

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
TTE Table Tennis Men's Team - Class 8 3 Bronze Medal
Men's Singles - Class 8 5

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3
FRA
BOUVAIS TBOUVAIS Thomas
 Sport Class: 8
3
SWE
ANDERSSON EANDERSSON Emil
 Sport Class: 8
0
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3
FRA
BOUVAIS TBOUVAIS Thomas
 Sport Class: 8
3
THA
CHARITSAT KCHARITSAT Komkrit
 Sport Class: 8
0
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1
FRA
BOUVAIS TBOUVAIS Thomas
 Sport Class: 8
3
HUN
CSONKA ACSONKA Andras
 Sport Class: 8
1
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3
FRA
BOUVAIS TBOUVAIS Thomas
 Sport Class: 8
0
CHN
PENG WPENG Weinan
 Sport Class: 8
3
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1
FRA
France
2
SWE
Sweden
1
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1
UKR
Ukraine
2
FRA
France
0
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocation
Paralympic Games
5Singles - Class 92012London, GBR
9Singles - Class 82016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
9Team - Classes 6-82016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
9Team - Class 9-102012London, GBR
World Championships
2Team - Class 92010Gwangju, KOR
3Team - Class 82017Bratislava, SVK
5Singles - Class 82018Lasko, SLO
5Team - Class 82014Beijing, CHN
5Singles - Class 92010Gwangju, KOR
9Singles - Class 82014Beijing, CHN
17Men's Open Standing2010Gwangju, KOR
European Championships
5Team - Class 82017Lasko, SLO
9Singles - Class 82017Lasko, SLO
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Tomtom (Athlete, 27 Jul 2016)
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Sport, going to the cinema, nature. (Athlete, 27 Jul 2016)
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Athlete, Bank Employee
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English, French
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Levallois Sporting Club [France]
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Lenaick Loyant [club]
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Right (fftt-idf.com, 17 Jan 2012)
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2009 for France, in Budapest, Hungary (Athlete, 27 Jul 2016)
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He underwent two operations in 2013. (Eaubonne magazine, 01 Nov 2017)
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He took up the sport in 2001 at age 10 in France. (Athlete, 27 Jul 2016)
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He previously played badminton and football before taking up table tennis. "I used to play football with my friends but one day a teacher became annoyed with us climbing the fence to look for the ball. So we had to find another sport." (Eaubonne magazine, 01 Nov 2017; france-paralympique.fr, 2020)
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To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Tennis2table.com YouTube channel, 07 May 2020)
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Winning silver in the TT9 team event at the 2010 World Championships in Gwangju, Republic of Korea, and competing at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (Info Levallois, 01 Sep 2020)
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Swiss tennis player Roger Federer. (Athlete, 27 Jul 2016)
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His family, and coaches Vincent Aumoitte and Stephane Tradori. (Eaubonne magazine, 01 Nov 2017)
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"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." [US boxer Muhammad Ali] (Athlete, 27 Jul 2016; Info Levallois, 01 Sep 2020)
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He was named Athlete of the Year in Val d'Oise, France, in 2015. (Eaubonne magazine, 01 Nov 2017; leparisien.fr, 17 Jan 2016)

General Interest

Classification
TT8 (ipttc.org, 01 Apr 2020)

Type of Impairment
Short stature (Athlete, 27 Jul 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (osteo-etudiants.fr, 30 Nov 2011)

Impairment Details
He was born with achondroplasia and is a person of short stature. (osteo-etudiants.fr, 30 Nov 2011)

General
PLAYING WITH ABLE-BODIED ATHLETES
He plays regularly with able-bodied table tennis players. He says that in certain aspects of the sport, his impairment gives him an advantage over able-bodied opponents. "An able-bodied player just has to take one step while I have to take two steps to meet the ball. However, one positive aspect is that because I have short arms, I don't need to make big movements, so my speed is better than that of an able-bodied player." (Tennis2table.com YouTube channel, 07 May 2020)

OCCUPATION
He works in the customer services department of a French bank. (Tennis2table.com YouTube channel, 07 May 2020; Info Levallois, 01 Sep 2020)

Legend
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Bronze Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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