RAU Thomas

Date of Birth: 6 Apr 1984

Age: 37

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 6

Place of birth: NEUSTADT IN HOLSTEIN

Birth Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Men's Team - Classes 6-7 GER Germany	3
	Men's Singles - Class 6	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	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 2	Men's Singles - Class 6 Group C #11 GER RAU TRAU Thomas Sport Class: 6 3 BIH EMINOVIC HEMINOVIC Haris Sport Class: 6 0	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Men's Singles - Class 6 Round of 16 #23 GER RAU TRAU Thomas Sport Class: 6 1 USA SEIDENFELD ISEIDENFELD Ian 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
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Men's Team - Classes 6-7 Semifinal 1 #6 CHN China 2 GER Germany 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
5	Singles - Class 6	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
5	Team - Classes 6-8	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
9	Singles - Class 6	2012	London, GBR
World Championships
3	Singles - Class 6	2010	Gwangju, KOR
4	Team - Classes 6-7	2010	Gwangju, KOR
5	Team - Class 6	2017	Bratislava, SVK
5	Team - Classes 6-7	2014	Beijing, CHN
9	Singles - Class 6	2014	Beijing, CHN
13	Singles - Class 6	2018	Lasko, SLO
65	Men's Open Standing	2010	Gwangju, KOR
European Championships
3	Singles - Class 6	2019	Helsingborg, SWE
5	Team - Class 7	2019	Helsingborg, SWE

Dirk (Athlete, 29 May 2016)

Basketball, watching football. (Athlete, 29 May 2016)

Occupation:

Customs Officer

Business - University of Kiel, Germany

Languages spoken:

RBS Solingen [Germany]

Volker Ziegler [national], GER

2009 for Germany, in Ostrava, Czech Republic (Athlete, 29 May 2016)

He first tried table tennis in 1992 in Germany. (Athlete, 29 May 2016)

It was one of the few sports he was able to compete in with his friends. (Athlete, 03 Apr 2011)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (teamdeutschland-paralympics.de, 21 Aug 2020)

German basketball player Dirk Nowitzki. (Athlete, 29 May 2016)

General Interest

Classification
TT6 (ipttc.org, 01 Apr 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 29 May 2016)

Impairment Details
He was born with an underdeveloped left hand as a result of tibial aplasia-ectrodactyly syndrome. He is also missing the lower part of his right arm. (teamdeutschland-paralympics.de, 21 Aug 2020; Para Tischtennis-Nationalmannschaft Facebook page, 10 Sep 2016; Athlete, 03 Apr 2011)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/thomas.rau.92560

Legend

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

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