ORSI Matteo

Date of Birth: 1 Mar 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 3

Place of birth: GENOA

Birth Country:

Italy

Place of residence : ALBISOLA SUPERIORE

Residence Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Men's Singles - Class 3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 5	Men's Singles - Class 3 Group A #1 ITA ORSI MORSI Matteo Sport Class: 3 0 CHN FENG PFENG Panfeng Sport Class: 3 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 6	Men's Singles - Class 3 Group A #15 POL NALEPKA MNALEPKA Maciej Sport Class: 3 3 ITA ORSI MORSI Matteo Sport Class: 3 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
European Championships
5	Singles - Class 3	2019	Helsingborg, SWE
7	Team - Class 3	2017	Lasko, SLO
9	Singles - Class 3	2017	Lasko, SLO

Playing chess, playing video games. (Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Engineering - University of Genoa, Italy

Languages spoken:

ASD TT Savona [Italy]

Other sports:

He has competed in able-bodied table tennis at club level. (corriere.it, 18 Apr 2017)

He took up table tennis at age 16. (Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

He took up the sport as part of his rehabilitation after leaving hospital. "I was discharged from the Pietra Ligure hospital on 25 October 2014. On 28 October I did my first training session." (corriere.it, 18 Apr 2017)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (nonsprecare.it, 25 May 2019; Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

Qualifying for the 2020 Paralympic Games. (Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

Philosophy:

"Sport has become a fundamental reason for my existence. In sport I found the desire to give the best of myself." (cittanuova.it, 16 Oct 2017)

He read the athletes' oath at the opening of the 2017 European Para Youth Games in Genoa, Italy. (cittanuova.it, 16 Oct 2017)

In 2017 he was named Savona Athlete of the Year by the National Union of Veterans of Sport [UNVS] in Italy. (sportfair.it, 13 Jan 2017)

General Interest

Classification
TT3 (ipttc.org, 01 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (nonsprecare.it, 25 May 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (nonsprecare.it, 25 May 2019)

Impairment Details
His impairment is the result of a traffic accident in May 2014, when he was hit by a car while riding his motorcycle. He sustained spinal cord injuries and was in a coma for several months. (nonsprecare.it, 25 May 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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