ZHAO Shuai

People's Republic of China

Date of Birth: 28 Nov 1994

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 8

Place of birth: ZHANGJIAKOU

Birth Country:

People's Republic of China

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Men's Team - Class 8 CHN China	1
	Men's Singles - Class 8	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Men's Singles - Class 8 Group B #2 HUN ZBORAI GZBORAI Gyula Sport Class: 8 0 CHN ZHAO SZHAO Shuai Sport Class: 8 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Men's Singles - Class 8 Group B #9 THA WANGPHONPHATHANAS.WANGPHONPHATHANASIRI Phisit Sport Class: 8 0 CHN ZHAO SZHAO Shuai Sport Class: 8 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Men's Singles - Class 8 Quarterfinal 4 #33 GBR SHILTON BSHILTON Billy Sport Class: 8 0 CHN ZHAO SZHAO Shuai Sport Class: 8 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3	Men's Singles - Class 8 Semifinal 2 #35 UKR NIKOLENKO MNIKOLENKO Maksym Sport Class: 8 1 CHN ZHAO SZHAO Shuai Sport Class: 8 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Men's Singles - Class 8 Gold Medal Match #36 UKR DIDUKH VDIDUKH Viktor Sport Class: 8 1 CHN ZHAO SZHAO Shuai Sport Class: 8 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Men's Team - Class 8 Quarterfinal 4 #3 THA Thailand 0 CHN China 2	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Men's Team - Class 8 Semifinal 2 #5 GBR Great Britain 0 CHN China 2	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Men's Team - Class 8 Gold Medal Match #6 UKR Ukraine 0 CHN China 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
1	Singles - Class 8	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
1	Singles - Class 8	2012	London, GBR
4	Team - Classes 6-8	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
1	Team - Class 8	2014	Beijing, CHN
2	Singles - Class 8	2018	Lasko, SLO
3	Singles - Class 8	2014	Beijing, CHN
Asian Para Games
1	Singles - Class 8	2018	Jakarta, INA
1	Team - Class 8	2018	Jakarta, INA

Listening to music. (Athlete, 26 Oct 2015)

Occupation:

Athlete, Sports Teacher

Coaching - Beijing Sport University, China

Languages spoken:

English, Mandarin

Hebei Province [China]

Li Zhendong [club], CHN

Right (sports.people.com.cn, 15 Sep 2012)

2009 for China, Asian Championships in Jordan (he.xinhuanet, 17 Dec 2010)

He began playing table tennis at age 10. (sports.people.com.cn, 15 Sep 2012)

He was influenced by his father, who was a fan of the sport. His father ran a table tennis class and took him there to play. (163.com, 08 May 2019)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (nottingham.edu.cn, 17 Mar 2021)

Winning gold in the TT8 singles event at the Paralympic Games in both 2012 and 2016. (gxnews.com.cn, 03 Dec 2016)

Philosophy:

"Be the first." (Athlete, 26 Oct 2015)

General Interest

Classification
TT8 (ipttc.org, 01 Apr 2020)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (sports.people.com.cn, 15 Sep 2012)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (sports.people.com.cn, 15 Sep 2012)

Impairment Details
His left arm was amputated at age four as the result of a car accident. (sports.people.com.cn, 15 Sep 2012)

General
OCCUPATION
In 2021 he was appointed as a table tennis teacher at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. (nottingham.edu.cn, 17 Mar 2021)

Legend

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

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