JAION Wijittra

Date of Birth: 5 Aug 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 4

Place of birth: RATCHABURI

Birth Country:

Thailand

Place of residence : BANGKOK

Residence Country:

Thailand

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Women's Team - Classes 4-5 THA Thailand	5
	Women's Singles - Class 4	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 8	Women's Singles - Class 4 Group C #8 THA JAION WJAION Wijittra Sport Class: 4 2 CHN ZHANG MZHANG Miao Sport Class: 4 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 8	Women's Singles - Class 4 Group C #13 THA JAION WJAION Wijittra Sport Class: 4 3 RPC VASILEVA AVASILEVA Aleksandra Sport Class: 4 0	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 5	Women's Singles - Class 4 Round of 16 #23 THA JAION WJAION Wijittra Sport Class: 4 2 SRB MATIC NMATIC Nada Sport Class: 4 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 7	Women's Team - Classes 4-5 Quarterfinal 3 #3 SWE Sweden 2 THA Thailand 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
5	Singles - Class 4	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
4	Team - Class 4	2014	Beijing, CHN
5	Singles - Class 4	2014	Beijing, CHN
9	Singles - Class 4	2018	Lasko, SLO
Asian Para Games
1	Mixed Doubles Class 4-5 X	2018	Jakarta, INA
3	Singles - Class 4	2018	Jakarta, INA

Listening to music. (Athlete, 06 Sep 2015)

Suan Dusit University, Bangkok, THA

Languages spoken:

2010 for Thailand, in Amman, Jordan (Athlete, 06 Sep 2015)

She took up the sport at age 13 in Thailand. (Athlete, 06 Sep 2015)

After the attack she began attending Sri Sangwan School for Students with Impairments in Nonthaburi, Thailand. A physical education teacher at the school introduced her to the sport. "I did not want to leave my family. I always slept with my parents. But my father thought that I would be better off studying in Sri Sangwan School. I was surprised to see that students with physical limitations could still play various sports. The physical education teacher introduced me to table tennis because he knew that I liked sports. I started to develop and dedicated myself to training until I made the youth national team." (thaipublica.org, 26 Jan 2016; bangkokbiznews.com, 04 Nov 2014; bangkokpost.com, 21 Aug 2016)

Her family. (Athlete, 06 Sep 2015)

Philosophy:

"Try your best." (Athlete, 06 Sep 2015)

General Interest

Classification
TT4 (ipttc.org, 01 Apr 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 06 Sep 2015)

Impairment Details
In 2002 she was shot when her school bus was attacked in Ratchaburi, Thailand. Her injuries resulted in paraplegia. "I was on the school bus to Ban Kha Witthaya School. The bus was packed with 27 students. Suddenly, I heard very loud gunshots. Three gunmen shot at our school bus. I was shot in my stomach. I remember a big round light on the ceiling of the operating room. I remember telling the doctors not to cut my shirt before I passed out. I woke again in an ICU to learn that the bullets damaged the nerves in my back. The doctor told me that I would not be able to sit straight again." (thaipublica.org, 26 Jan 2016; Athlete, 06 Sep 2015; bangkokbiznews.com, 04 Nov 2014; bangkokpost.com, 21 Aug 2016)

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Legend

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

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