HAMADTOU Ibrahim Elhusseiny

Date of Birth: 1 Jul 1973

Age: 48

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 6

Place of birth: DUMYAT

Birth Country:

Egypt

Place of residence : DUMYAT

Residence Country:

Egypt

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Men's Team - Classes 6-7 EGY Egypt	5
	Men's Singles - Class 6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Men's Singles - Class 6 Group E #5 EGY HAMADTOU IEHAMADTOU Ibrahim Elhusseiny Sport Class: 6 0 KOR PARK HKPARK Hong Kyu Sport Class: 6 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Men's Singles - Class 6 Group E #12 CHN CHEN CCHEN Chao Sport Class: 6 3 EGY HAMADTOU IEHAMADTOU Ibrahim Elhusseiny Sport Class: 6 0	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Men's Team - Classes 6-7 Quarterfinal 4 #5 EGY Egypt 0 ESP Spain 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
9	Team - Class 9-10	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
11	Singles - Class 6	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Hima (Athlete, 28 May 2016)

Occupation:

Wife Sobhia, son Mohamed, daughters Mey and Malk

Languages spoken:

Arabic, English

2004 for Egypt, in Cairo, Egypt (Athlete, 28 May 2016)

He sustained a back injury during the 2019 African Championships in Alexandria, Egypt, and had to withdraw from the tournament. (Olympics YouTube channel, 19 Apr 2020)

He took up the sport in 1986 in Egypt. (Athlete, 28 May 2016; World Table Tennis, 09 May 2014; Olympics YouTube channel, 19 Apr 2020)

"In our village, we could only play, at that time, table tennis and soccer, that's why I played both. It was logic to play soccer first due to my case; then I played table tennis as a challenge. I was in the club where I was officiating a match between two of my friends. They disagreed on a point, when I counted the point in favour of one of them the other player told me, do not interfere as you will never be able to play. It was that statement that fired me up to decide to play table tennis." (ittf.com, 01 Sep 2020; ftw.usatoday.com, 15 Sep 2016; Olympics YouTube channel, 19 Apr 2020)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (ittf.com, 02 Sep 2020)

Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. (Athlete, 28 May 2016)

His family, and his uncle. (kingfut.com, 08 Sep 2016; Athlete, 28 May 2016)

Philosophy:

"Never give up in life!" (Athlete, 28 May 2016)

He was named Best Arab Athlete of the Year for 2013. (ittf.com, 02 Sep 2020)

General Interest

Classification
TT6 (ipttc.org, 01 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Athlete, 28 May 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 28 May 2016)

Impairment Details
He lost his arms in a train accident at age 10. (Athlete, 28 May 2016; Facebook page, 21 Apr 2021)

General
STYLE OF PLAY
He holds his racket in his mouth and serves by flicking the ball up with his foot. "I was trying first to use the bat under the arm, and I also tried using other things that weren't working so well. Finally, I tried using my mouth. It took me nearly a year of practice to get used to holding the racket with mouth and making the serve; with practice and playing regularly this skill was improved." (paralympic.org, 08 Sep 2016; ittf.com, 02 Sep 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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