KARABARDAK Paul

3 Oct 1985
35
Male
6
SWANSEA
 
Great Britain
SWANSEA
 
Great Britain

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
TTE Table Tennis Men's Team - Classes 6-7 2 Silver Medal
Men's Singles - Class 6 3 Bronze Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4
GBR
KARABARDAK PKARABARDAK Paul
 Sport Class: 6
3
ROU
SIMION BSIMION Bobi
 Sport Class: 6
1
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3
GBR
KARABARDAK PKARABARDAK Paul
 Sport Class: 6
3
AUS
HIRTH THIRTH Trevor
 Sport Class: 6
0
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4
KOR
PARK HKPARK Hong Kyu
 Sport Class: 6
2
GBR
KARABARDAK PKARABARDAK Paul
 Sport Class: 6
3
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1
USA
SEIDENFELD ISEIDENFELD Ian
 Sport Class: 6
3
GBR
KARABARDAK PKARABARDAK Paul
 Sport Class: 6
0
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2
GBR
Great Britain
2
AUS
Australia
0
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2
GBR
Great Britain
2
ESP
Spain
1
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2
CHN
China
2
GBR
Great Britain
0
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocation
Paralympic Games
7Singles - Class 72012London, GBR
9Singles - Class 72008Beijing, CHN
9Team - Classes 6-82008Beijing, CHN
11Singles - Class 62016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
3Team - Class 62017Bratislava, SVK
3Team - Classes 6-72014Beijing, CHN
5Team - Classes 6-72010Gwangju, KOR
9Singles - Class 72010Gwangju, KOR
9Singles - Class 72006Montreux, SUI
13Singles - Class 62018Lasko, SLO
13Singles - Class 72014Beijing, CHN
33Men's Open Standing2010Gwangju, KOR
European Championships
1Team - Class 62019Helsingborg, SWE
1Team - Class 62017Lasko, SLO
5Singles - Class 62019Helsingborg, SWE
15Singles - Class 62017Lasko, SLO
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PK (Athlete, 15 Mar 2015)
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Watching movies, walking his dog, supporting Welsh football team Swansea City. (Twitter profile, 25 Mar 2021; British Para Table Tennis Facebook page, 18 Jan 2019)
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Athlete
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English
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Right (wales.com, 06 Mar 2012)
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A foot injury meant he was unable to compete at the 2017 Slovenia Open in Lasko. (bbc.co.uk, 02 May 2017)

In 2007 he fell while training and sustained a ligament injury in his wrist. He had surgery but was affected by long-term complications resulting from the injury, including arthritis. (physioroom.com, 31 Jan 2012)
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He began playing table tennis at a youth club in 1997. (paralympics.org.uk, 07 Apr 2012)
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He took up the sport during rehabilitation. (paralympics.org.uk, 07 Apr 2012; physioroom.com, 31 Jan 2012)
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He trains around 11 hours a week, including three hours in the gym. (British Para Table Tennis Facebook page, 18 Jan 2019)
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British track cyclist Chris Hoy. (Athlete, 15 Mar 2015)
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British Para table tennis player Will Bayley, German Para table tennis player Jochen Wollmert, and his mother. (Athlete, 15 Mar 2015)
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"Our disabilities are the shackles and chains which imprison us, but sport sets us free." (Athlete, 15 Mar 2015)
Legend
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Silver Medal
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Bronze Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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