LIS Rafal

Date of Birth: 20 Mar 1979

Age: 42

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 4

Place of birth: RADOM

Birth Country:

Poland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Men's Team - Class 4-5 POL Poland	5
	Men's Singles - Class 4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 5	Men's Singles - Class 4 Group A #7 POL LIS RLIS Rafal Sport Class: 4 0 TUR OZTURK AOZTURK Abdullah Sport Class: 4 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 7	Men's Singles - Class 4 Group A #13 POL LIS RLIS Rafal Sport Class: 4 1 INA ASTAN AASTAN Adyos Sport Class: 4 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 8	Men's Team - Classes 4-5 Round of 16 #2 POL Poland 2 SRB Serbia 1	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 7	Men's Team - Classes 4-5 Quarterfinal 3 #6 KOR Republic of Korea 2 POL Poland 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
5	Singles - Class 4	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
9	Team - Class 4-5	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
11	Singles - Class 4	2004	Athens, GRE
World Championships
5	Singles - Class 4	2018	Lasko, SLO
European Championships
2	Team - Class 4	2019	Helsingborg, SWE
3	Singles - Class 4	2019	Helsingborg, SWE
3	Singles - Class 4	2017	Lasko, SLO
3	Team - Class 4	2017	Lasko, SLO

Rafi, Lisu (Athlete, 26 May 2016)

Fishing. (Athlete, 26 May 2016)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

START Radom [Poland]

Andrzej Ochal [national], POL; Ernest Gardynik, POL, from 2010

Right (pttp.org.pl, 2016)

1998 for Poland, in Piest'any, Slovakia (Athlete, 26 May 2016)

He took up the sport in 1989 at age 10 in Poland. (Athlete, 26 May 2016)

He began playing table tennis during primary school after being introduced to it by teachers, as the sport was popular in his region. After his accident he was keen to return to table tennis. (radioplus.com.pl, 26 Jan 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (pzts.pl, 15 Feb 2020)

Winning silver and bronze at the 2019 European Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden, reaching the TT4 singles quarterfinals at the 2018 World Championships in Lasko, Slovenia, and winning two bronze medals at the 2017 European Championships in Lasko, Slovenia. (pzts.pl, 15 Feb 2020)

Polish table tennis player Andrzej Grubba, Swedish table tennis player Jan-Ove Waldner. (Athlete, 26 May 2016; pttp.org.pl, 2016)

Coach Ela Madejska. (Athlete, 26 May 2016)

Philosophy:

"Live for the present day!" (Athlete, 26 May 2016)

General Interest

Classification
TT4 (ipttc.org, 01 Apr 2020)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (pzts.pl, 15 Feb 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 26 May 2016)

Impairment Details
During the 1990s he was involved in an accident that resulted in the amputation of both his legs and part of his left hand. (pzts.pl, 15 Feb 2020)

General
PRECURSOR
He believes that his appearance at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens had an important influence on the development of Polish Para table tennis. "In 2004 in Athens, I paved the way for Polish table tennis wheelchair players. Over time, more and more people playing in wheelchairs appeared in the country and in the world as the level improved." (pzts.pl, 15 Feb 2020)

Legend

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

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