WILSON Ross
Events and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
Table Tennis |
Men's Team - Class 8 | 3 |
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| Men's Singles - Class 8 | 5 |
Schedule
Change
| Start Time | Location | Event | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3 |
FRA BERTHIER CBERTHIER Clement Sport Class: 8 0 GBR WILSON RWILSON Ross Sport Class: 8 3 |
Finished |
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| Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3 |
CHN PENG WPENG Weinan Sport Class: 8 3 GBR WILSON RWILSON Ross Sport Class: 8 2 |
Finished |
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| Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2 |
SWE ANDERSSON EANDERSSON Emil Sport Class: 8 0 GBR WILSON RWILSON Ross Sport Class: 8 3 |
Finished |
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| Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2 |
UKR NIKOLENKO MNIKOLENKO Maksym Sport Class: 8 3 GBR WILSON RWILSON Ross Sport Class: 8 1 |
Finished |
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| Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2 |
GBR Great Britain 2 HUN Hungary 0 |
Finished |
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| Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2 |
GBR Great Britain 0 CHN China 2 |
Finished |
Biographical Information
Highlights
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| Rank | Event | Year | Location | |
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| Paralympic Games | ||||
| 3 | Team - Classes 6-8 | 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, BRA | |
| 3 | Team - Classes 6-8 | 2012 | London, GBR | |
| 4 | Singles - Class 8 | 2012 | London, GBR | |
| 13 | Singles - Class 8 | 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, BRA | |
| World Championships | ||||
| 1 | Singles - Class 8 | 2018 | Lasko, SLO | |
| 7 | Team - Class 8 | 2017 | Bratislava, SVK | |
| Commonwealth Games | ||||
| 1 | Men's Singles Class 6-10 | 2018 | Gold Coast, QLD, AUS | |
| European Championships | ||||
| 2 | Team - Class 8 | 2019 | Helsingborg, SWE | |
| 3 | Singles - Class 8 | 2017 | Lasko, SLO | |
| 3 | Team - Class 8 | 2017 | Lasko, SLO | |
| 5 | Singles - Class 8 | 2019 | Helsingborg, SWE | |
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Athlete
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Loughborough College, Great Britain
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English
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2011 for Great Britain, in Eger, Hungary (Athlete, 15 Mar 2015)
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In early 2019 he sustained a minor back injury. (ittf.com, 07 Mar 2019)
He was affected by a back injury during the 2017 World Team Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia. (ittf.com, 17 May 2017)
During 2015 he suffered from injuries to his knee, elbow and back. (paralympics.org.uk, 21 Sep 2019)
He sustained a shoulder injury after the 2012 Paralympic Games in London that kept him out of action for more than a year. (paralympics.org.uk, 21 Sep 2019)
He was affected by a back injury during the 2017 World Team Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia. (ittf.com, 17 May 2017)
During 2015 he suffered from injuries to his knee, elbow and back. (paralympics.org.uk, 21 Sep 2019)
He sustained a shoulder injury after the 2012 Paralympic Games in London that kept him out of action for more than a year. (paralympics.org.uk, 21 Sep 2019)
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He first tried the sport at age seven while on holiday. (kentsport.org, 05 Feb 2012; paralympics.org.uk, 07 Apr 2012)
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"I first started playing table tennis on a holiday at Center Parcs. I had a Thierry Henry Arsenal shirt on and I won the competition, so the man working there named me the Thierry Henry of table tennis. I realised I wanted to take it to the next level quite early on in my career and moved to London [England] when I was 13 to practice and study at an academy." (ittf.com, 03 Sep 2020; kentsport.org, 05 Feb 2012)
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To win a gold medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo and to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. (rosswilsontt.co.uk, 28 Apr 2017; tabletennisengland.co.uk, 28 Jul 2020; ittf.com, 03 Sep 2020)
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He trains at the English Institute of Sport [EIS] in Sheffield, England. (ittf.com, 26 Apr 2019)
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Winning gold in the men's TT6-10 singles event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, and in the TT8 singles event at the 2018 World Championships in Lasko, Slovenia. (ittf.com, 03 Sep 2020)
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French footballer Thierry Henry. (Athlete, 15 Mar 2015)
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His mother. (Athlete, 15 Mar 2015)
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"I always set myself very high targets and have very high expectations of myself. I look to approach every game and every opponent one at a time, as I feel in control when I work this way." (ittf.com, 03 Sep 2020)
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In 2019 he was inducted into the English Institute of Sport Sheffield's Hall of Champions. (ittf.com, 26 Apr 2019)
Legend
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- Bronze Medal
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- Bronze Medal Event
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