MARIPA Evans

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
R16	Doubles	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
R32	Singles	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
R32	Singles	2012	London, GBR
R32	Doubles	2012	London, GBR

Legend
WR - Winner, RU - Runner-up, 3RD - 3rd place, 4TH - 4th place, F - Final, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, R16 - Round of 16, R32 - Round of 32, R64 - Round of 64, R128 - Round of 128

Marips (Athlete, 11 Aug 2015)

English

He began the sport in 2006 at age 16 in Limpopo, South Africa. (Athlete, 11 Aug 2015)

He practised table tennis at school before he was encouraged to take up wheelchair tennis. "It was during a Saturday, I was sitting alone, and there were two guys playing wheelchair tennis in this school. So, one of them came to me and it seemed he wanted me to train with him but I didn't know he was going to take me to play the sport. I tried, and I liked it, and every weekend he would take me to train with him." (SABC Digital News YouTube channel, 14 Mar 2016; Athlete, 11 Aug 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (teamsa.co.za, 18 Feb 2021)

He trains at the University of Pretoria High Performance Centre in South Africa. (teamsa.co.za, 18 Feb 2021)

Coach Holger Losch. (Athlete, 11 Aug 2015)

"Stars do not struggle to shine, but to perfect in life." (Athlete, 05 Jul 2016)

He was named 2017 Sportsman with a Disability of the Year at the Gauteng Sports Awards in South Africa. (konbini.com, 13 Oct 2017)

In 2016 he received the Sportsman with a Disability of the Year award at the Limpopo Sports Awards in South Africa. (teamsa.co.za, 13 Oct 2017)