THAINIYOM Rungroj

Date of Birth: 16 Dec 1986

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 6

Place of birth: BANGKOK

Birth Country:

Thailand

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Men's Team - Classes 6-7 THA Thailand	5
	Men's Singles - Class 6	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3	Men's Singles - Class 6 Group C #3 BIH EMINOVIC HEMINOVIC Haris Sport Class: 6 0 THA THAINIYOM RTHAINIYOM Rungroj Sport Class: 6 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Men's Singles - Class 6 Group C #7 GER RAU TRAU Thomas Sport Class: 6 0 THA THAINIYOM RTHAINIYOM Rungroj Sport Class: 6 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3	Men's Singles - Class 6 Quarterfinal 3 #26 THA THAINIYOM RTHAINIYOM Rungroj Sport Class: 6 3 ROU SIMION BSIMION Bobi Sport Class: 6 2	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Men's Singles - Class 6 Semifinal 2 #29 THA THAINIYOM RTHAINIYOM Rungroj Sport Class: 6 1 DEN ROSENMEIER PROSENMEIER Peter Sport Class: 6 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Men's Team - Classes 6-7 Quarterfinal 2 #3 GER Germany 2 THA Thailand 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
1	Singles - Class 6	2012	London, GBR
3	Singles - Class 6	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
9	Team - Classes 6-8	2012	London, GBR
9	Singles - Class 6	2008	Beijing, CHN
World Championships
2	Team - Class 7	2017	Bratislava, SVK
3	Singles - Class 6	2018	Lasko, SLO
3	Singles - Class 6	2014	Beijing, CHN
9	Singles - Class 6	2010	Gwangju, KOR
9	Team - Classes 6-7	2010	Gwangju, KOR
9	Singles - Class 6	2006	Montreux, SUI
65	Men's Open Standing	2010	Gwangju, KOR
Asian Para Games
1	Singles - Class 6	2018	Jakarta, INA
1	Men's Doubles Class 6-7 M	2018	Jakarta, INA

Rung (Athlete, 26 Oct 2015)

Going to the cinema. (Athlete, 26 Oct 2015)

Occupation:

Athlete, Motivational Speaker

Public Administration - Rattana Bundit University, Bangkok, THA

Wife Narumol, one child

Languages spoken:

2001 for Thailand, in Osaka, Japan (Athlete, 26 Oct 2015)

He took up table tennis in the fourth grade of school and started competing in able-bodied events in grade six. He began competing in Para table tennis in 2000 in Thailand. (mainstand.co.th, 09 Aug 2019; Athlete, 26 Oct 2015)

At a young age he was looking for a sport to take up. He chose table tennis because it was well-suited to his impairment and he enjoyed it. "I never knew there was table tennis for people with impairments, I always practised and competed with able-bodied players. One day, during training, coach Manoch Orachon asked me, 'Why don't you play Para table tennis?'" (singha-r-sa.org, 23 Jun 2020; mainstand.co.th, 09 Aug 2019)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (singha-r-sa.org, 23 Jun 2020)

Winning a gold medal at the 2003 ASEAN Para Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. "That victory inspired me to feel that I could really do well in this sport." (singha-r-sa.org, 23 Jun 2020)

General Interest

Classification
TT6 (ipttc.org, 01 Apr 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 26 Oct 2015)

Impairment Details
His impairment is the result of being born six months premature. "I had to undergo ankle surgery in order for me to be able to walk. I spent my childhood in the hospital doing rehabilitation. When I was discharged from hospital I had to use a walking aid because my legs and arms are weak." (mainstand.co.th, 09 Aug 2019)

General
PARALYMPIC EXPERIENCE
He says he struggled for motivation after his first Paralympic Games in 2008. "I was eliminated in the first round, and after the Games I stopped playing for three months. I also stopped studying. But I came back because I received encouragement from those around me, and I prepared for the 2012 Paralympic Games." He won gold in the TT6 singles event at the 2012 Games in London. (singha-r-sa.org, 23 Jun 2020; mainstand.co.th, 09 Aug 2019)

OCCUPATION
He works at a Thai brewery as a motivational speaker for employees of the company. (Facebook profile, 05 Apr 2021; singha-r-sa.org, 23 Jun 2020; mainstand.co.th, 09 Aug 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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