2014 ITTF Para World Championships

CITY: , SITE: China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities NO.321, Tianbei Road, Houshayu Town, Shunyi District, Beijing, P.R.C DATE: 6 – 15 September 2014 PLAYERS: 197 men 117 women 314 total COUNTRIES: 48 TABLES: 16 TABLE BRAND: Double Happiness BALL BRAND: Double Happiness FLOOR BRAND: Enlio MEDIA CONTACT: ITTF Promotion Manager Matt Pound: [email protected], +65 8654 4715

Introduction

Welcome to the 2014 ITTF World Championships.

The 2014 ITTF Para Table Tennis World Championships is held every 4 years, with the previous edition being held in Gwangju, Korea. It is one of the biggest events on the ITTF-PTT calendar, with Paralympians attending.

The venue for this championship is the National Para Training Centre built in 2007 to help the National Paralympic Committee of China to prepare for the 2008 . The 2014 ITTF Para Table Tennis World Championships will gather players from around the world battling it out for the titles of Singles and Team Champion in their respective class.

This media kit is designed to provide an update on the 2014 ITTF Para Table Tennis World Championships. Enclosed are statistics and notes that will be of assistance during the tournament. Players’ biographies as well as statistical, historical and personal data can be found on IPTTC.org. Please make player interview requests through a member of the ITTF and OC media staff located in the press room.

Key Dates/Times 6 September 2014 – Arrival of athletes 6-7 September 2014 @ China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities – Practice Days 7 September 2014 from TBA @ China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities – Technical Meeting 7 September 2014 from TBA @ China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities – Opening Ceremony 8-10 September 2014 from TBA @ China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities – Singles events 11-14 September 2014 from TBA @ China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities – Team events 14 September 2014 from TBA @ China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities – Closing Ceremony 15 September 2014– Departures of teams

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Para Table Tennis Classification System

There are a total of 11 classifications for Para-Table Tennis. The purpose of the classifications is to determine eligibility to compete for athletes with disability and to group the athletes fairly for competition purposes. Class 1-5 athletes are wheelchair-users, while class 6-10 athletes are able to play standing, despite their disabilities. Class 11 is for athletes with intellectual impairment.

Sitting Classes: Class 1: No sitting balance and a severely affected playing arm Class 2: No sitting balance, and a moderately affected playing arm Class 3: No sitting balance but arms are not significantly affected by impairment Class 4: Fair sitting balance, normal function of arm and hands. Class 5: Normal sitting balance, fully functional arms.

Standing Classes: Class 6: Disability affects both arms and legs, can be both or one side of the body. Some players can be seen handling the racket with their mouth. Class 7: Severe impairments in legs or playing arm, or combination of both arms and legs. Impairments are less severe compared to class 6. Class 8: Moderate impairment of legs or playing arm. Class 9: Mild impairment of one leg or playing arm. Class 10: Minimal impairment of legs or playing arm. Players with short stature are also classified in this category.

Intellectual Impairment: Class 11: Athletes with intellectual impairment

Events 2014 ITTF Para Table Tennis World Championships

Men

Singles Team Class 1 Class 1 Class 2 Class 2 Class 3 Class 3 Class 4 Class 4 Class 5 Class 5 Class 6 Class 6-7 Class 7 Class 8 Class 8 Class 9-10 Class 9 Class 11 Class 10 Class 11

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Women

Singles Team Class 1-2 Class 1-3 Class 3 Class 4 Class 4 Class 5 Class 5 Class 6-8 Class 6 Class 9-10 Class 7 Class 11 Class 8 Class 9 Class 10 Class 11

Playing System

Singles Events The Men's and Women's Singles will be played in two stages, the first stage will be played in a round-robin basis with priority given to groups of three but there shall not be less than 3 and not more than 5 players in a group. If there are 5 or fewer players, the event will be played as a round- robin without progressing to a knockout. Two players advance from each group to the second stage which will be played in a straight knock-out format.

Team Events Depending on the number of teams, the first stage will be played in a round-robin basis with priority given to groups of 3 teams with the winner and runner-up in each group advancing to play in the knock-out rounds. If there are 5 or less teams, the event will be played in a round-robin format without knock-out. Teams can be composed of 2, 3, or 4 players. For team events that have a variety of several classes, players must be classified under that specified class in order to be eligible. Teams will play as follows: A vs X; B vs Y; Doubles; A vs Y; B vs X

General: - All matches will be played to the best of 5 games. - There is no play off for bronze medals in all PTT events unless there are 5 players or teams in a group where one bronze medal will be awarded. - Medals will be awarded for gold (1st), silver (2nd) and bronze (3rd). - However, if there is a group of 4, only gold and silver medals will be awarded. - - Singles Medals awarded Teams Medals awarded 3 players No medals 3 teams No medals 4 players Gold and silver only 4 teams Gold and silver only 5 players Gold, silver, 1 bronze 5 teams Gold, silver, 1 bronze

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Current Title Holders

2010 ITTF Para Table Tennis World Championships

Men’s Singles Class Player Country 1 NIKELIS Holger GER 2 PODDOUBNYI Serguey RUS 3 FENG Pan Feng CHN 4 GUO Xing Yuan CHN 5 JUNG Eun Chang KOR 6 ROSENMEIER Peter DEN 7 YE Chao Qun CHN 8 LOICQ Mathieu BEL 9 CHN 10 GE Yang CHN

Women’s Singles Class Player Country 1-2 LIU Jing CHN 3 LI Qian CHN 4 ZHOU Ying CHN 5 GU Gai CHN 6 MARSZAL Katarzyna POL 7 VAN ZON Kelly NED 8 KAMKASOMPHU Thu FRA 9 MAIRIE Claire FRA 10 PARTYKA Natalia POL

2012 Paralympic Games

Men’s Singles Class Player Country 1 NIKELIS Holger GER 2 RIAPOS Jan SVK 3 FENG Pan Feng CHN 4 KIM Young Gun KOR 5 URHAUG Tommy NOR 6 THAINIYOM Rungroj THA 7 WOLLMERT Jochen GER 8 ZHAO Shuai CHN 9 MA Lin CHN 10 CHOJNOWSKI Patryk POL 11 PALOS Peter HUN

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Women’s Singles Class Player Country 1-2 LIU Jing CHN 3 AHLQUIST Anna-Carin SWE 4 ZHOU Ying CHN 5 ZHANG Bian CHN 6 CHEBANIKA Raisa RUS 7 VAN ZON Kelly NED 8 MAO Jingdian CHN 9 LEI Lina CHN 10 PARTYKA Natalia POL 11 WONG Ka Man HKG

Brief Biography on players to look out for on the road to 2016 Paralympic Games

Men’s Name Country Class Playing Style Latest Results KIM Young Korea 4 Right- Shakehand 2014 Lignano Master Open - Gun Handed Grip Gold BAYLEY Great Britain 7 Right- Shakehand 2014 11th Slovenian Open - William Handed Grip Silver MA Lin China 9 Left- Shakehand 2014 Slovakia Open - Bronze Handed Grip

Women’s Name Country Class Playing Style Latest Results LIU Jing China 1-2 Left- Shakehand 2014 Slovakia Open - Gold Handed Grip AHLQUIST Sweden 3 Right- Shakehand 2014 PTT Spanish Open - Anna-Carin Handed Grip Gold PARTYKA Poland 10 Left- Shakehand 2014 Hungarian Open - Gold Natalia Handed Grip

Entries

Country Sex Class Surname (Family Name) First Name ARG M 1 EBERHARDT Fernando ARG M 3 COPOLA Gabriel ARG M 5 DEPERGOLA Mauro ARG M 6 DE VITO Tomas ARG F 7 MUNOZ Giselle AUS M 3 HARRIS Mark AUS M 4 ADDIS Christopher

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AUS M 6 HIRTH Trevor AUS M 8 PELLISSIER Nathan AUS F 10 TAPPER Melissa AUT M 3 KRAMMINGER Egon AUT M 3 DOLLMANN Manfred AUT M 9 FRACZYK Stanislaw AUT F 3 MADER Doris AUT F 4 KOLLER Helke BEL M 7 DESPINEUX Ben BEL M 8 LEDOUX Marc BEL M 8 LOICQ Mathieu BEL M 11 VAN ACKER Florian BRA M 1 LIMA JUNIOR Aloisio BRA M 1 DE PAULO Bruno BRA M 2 CONCEICAO ESPINDOLA FERNANTES Iranildo BRA M 2 MARCIO DA COSTA Guilherme BRA M 7 SALMIN FILHO Paulo Sergio BRA M 8 STROH Israel BRA M 10 CARBINATO JUNIOR Carlos Alberto BRA F 2 AZEVEDO (LIMP MAIA DE) Carla BRA F 4 OLIVEIRA Joyce BRA F 8 RODRIGUEZ Jane Carla BRA F 9 MARQUES PARINOS Jennyfer BRA F 10 COSTA ALEXANDRE Bruna CAN M 8 KENT Ian CAN F 8 CHAN Stephanie CHI M 7 DETTONI Cristian CHN M 2 GAO Yan Ming CHN M 3 FENG Panfeng CHN M 3 ZHAO Ping CHN M 3 ZHAI Xiang CHN M 4 ZHANG Yan CHN M 4 GUO Xingyuan CHN M 5 CAO Ningning CHN M 5 CAO Heng CHN M 6 CHEN Chao CHN M 7 LIAO Keli CHN M 8 YE Chao Qun CHN M 8 SUN Churen CHN M 8 ZHAO Shuai CHN M 9 MA Lin CHN M 9 ZHAO Yi Qing CHN M 10 GE Yang CHN M 10 KONG Weijie CHN F 3 LI Qian CHN F 3 XUE Juan CHN F 4 ZHANG Miao

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CHN F 5 ZHANG Bian CHN F 7 WANG Rui CHN F 8 PAN Mengyi CHN F 8 MAO Jingdian CHN F 9 LEI Li Na CHN F 9 LIU Meng CHN F 9 XIONG Guiyan CHN F 10 YANG Qian CRC M 3 RODRIGUEZ Geovanni CRO M 4 SPALJ Tomislav CRO M 6 JOZIC Pavao CRO F 3 DRETAR Helena CRO F 3 MUZINIC Andela CRO F 6 PAOVIC Sandra CZE M 2 SUCHANEK Jiri CZE M 5 TAUS Rene CZE M 7 HORUT Daniel CZE M 7 LAMBERT Zbynek CZE M 10 KARABEC Ivan DEN M 6 ROSENMEIER Peter DEN M 8 BECH Kenneth Mesnickow DEN F 10 WALLOE Sophie Amanda EGY M 3 RAMADAN IBRAHIM Khaled EGY M 4 EID SALEH Mohamed Sameh EGY M 5 HEFNY Hassan EGY M 5 ZENATI Ayman EGY M 6 EID Rezik EGY M 7 SAYED MOAHMED Ahmed EGY M 10 IBRAHIM Mohamed EGY M 10 ABDELWAHAB Abdelrahman EGY F 6 HAMMAD Hanna EGY F 7 MAHMOUD Faiza Abdelhafez EGY F 10 MAGHRABY Angham Medhat ESP M 2 SASTRE Iker ESP M 3 RODRIGUES-MARTINEZ Miguel ESP M 6 SEOANE ALCAZAR Alberto ESP M 6 VALERA Alvaro ESP M 7 MORALES Jordi ESP M 9 PEREZ GONZALEZ Juan Bautista ESP M 10 RUIZ REYES Jose Manuel ESP M 10 CARDONA Jorge FIN M 1 LAUNONEN Matti FIN M 9 MIETTINEN Esa FRA M 1 DUCAY Jean-françois FRA M 2 MOLLIENS Stephane FRA M 2 LAMIRAULT Fabien FRA M 3 MERRIEN Florian

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FRA M 4 THOMAS Maxime FRA M 5 SAVANT-AIRA Nicolas FRA M 6 GRUNDELER Bastien FRA M 7 MESSI Stephane FRA M 8 BOUVAIS Thomas FRA M 9 CABESTANY Cedrik FRA M 11 VALLE Richard FRA M 11 PEREIRA-LEAL Pascal FRA F 2 GOSSIAUX - SIREAU Florence FRA F 2 CLOT Genevieve FRA F 2 LAFAYE Isabelle FRA F 3 BERTRAND Fanny FRA F 7 BARNEOUD Anne FRA F 8 KAMKASOMPHOU Thu FRA F 11 CATEAU Veronique FRA F 11 ROUSSET Magali GBR M 1 DAVIES Robert GBR M 5 HUNTER SPIVEY Jack GBR M 7 KARABARDAK Paul GBR M 7 BAYLEY William GBR M 8 MC KIBBIN Aaron GBR M 10 DAYBELL Kim GBR F 3 CAMPBELL Jane GBR F 3 HEAD Sara GBR F 4 GILROY Susan GER M 1 NIKELIS Holger GER M 1 SIEGER Marcus GER M 3 GUERTLER Jan GER M 3 SCHMIDBERGER Thomas GER M 3 BRÜCHLE Thomas GER M 5 BAUS Valentin GER M 6 RAU Thomas GER M 6 LAUE Tim GER M 7 WOLLMERT Jochem GER M 7 SCHWINN Thorsten GER F 4 MIKOLASCHEK Sandra GER F 6 GREBE Stephanie GER F 8 WOLF Juliane GER F 9 KRAMM Lena HKG M 3 KO Hang Yee HKG M 9 WONG Chi Yin HKG F 5 WONG Pui Yi HKG F 11 WONG Ka Man HKG F 11 NG Mui Wui HUN M 1 MAJOR Endre HUN M 8 CSONKA Andras HUN M 8 ZBORAI Gyula

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HUN M 9 BERECZKI Dezso HUN M 11 PALOS Peter HUN F 8 ARLOY Zsofia HUN F 10 BICSAK Bettina INA M 4 ADYOS Astan INA M 10 JACOBS David INA M 10 AKBAR Komet IND F 3 PATEL Sonalben Manubhai IND F 4 PATEL Bhavina Hasmukh Bhai IRL F 2 MC CARRON - ROONEY Rena ISR M 3 BEN ASOR Shmulik ISR M 4 SIADA Shai ISR M 5 EREMENKO Alaxey ISR M 6 BOBROV Daniel ISR M 7 SHUR Samuel ISR F 5 TABIB Caroline ITA M 1 PIZZURRO Marco ITA M 1 BORGATO Andrea ITA M 2 VELLA Giuseppe ITA M 6 ALECCI Raimondo ITA F 2 PODDA Clara ITA F 3 CUDIA Federica ITA F 3 BRUNELLI Michela JOR M 3 ABU JAME Asama JOR F 1 AL BARGOUTHI Maha JOR F 3 AKREBAWEE Alaa JOR F 4 AL AZZAM Fatmeh JOR F 4 ELELIMAT Faten JOR F 5 ABUAWAD Khetam JPN M 9 IWABUCHI Koyo JPN M 10 KAKITA Nariaki JPN M 11 TAKEDA Takashi JPN M 11 TERASAWA Koichi JPN M 11 MIYAUCHI Ryo JPN F 5 BESSHO Kimie JPN F 10 KUDO Yasuko JPN F 11 KIMURA Harumi JPN F 11 ITO Maki KOR M 1 CHO Jae-kwan KOR M 1 LEE Chang-ho KOR M 1 NAM KiWon KOR M 2 KIM Kyung Mook KOR M 2 KIM Min-gyu KOR M 2 CHA Soo Yong KOR M 3 JEYOUNG Young-Ill KOR M 3 KIM Jeong-seok KOR M 3 KIM Jin-sung

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KOR M 4 KIM Young-gun KOR M 4 CHOI Il Sang KOR M 4 KIM Jung-gil KOR M 5 KIM Ki-young KOR M 5 KIM Kyung Young KOR M 6 PARK Hong Gyu KOR M 11 LEE Byoung-ha KOR M 11 SON Byeong-jun KOR M 11 KIM Gi Tae KOR F 2 SEO Su Yeon KOR F 3 CHOI Hyun-ja KOR F 3 LEE Mi Gyu KOR F 5 JUNG Young A KOR F 7 LEE Kun Woo KOR F 8 KIM SEONG OK KOR F 11 JUNG Ji Young KUW M 1 HAMED Latif KUW M 1 AL RESHIDI EISA MAS M 10 BAKAR Mohamad Azwar MEX M 9 VAZQUEZ CAN Miguel Ariff MEX F 3 SIGALA LOPEZ Edith MEX F 5 PAREDES Albor Maria NED M 7 MONTANUS Jean-paul NED M 9 HEIJNEN Tonnie NED M 9 VIJVERBERG Ronald NED M 10 HERGELINK Bas NED F 7 VAN ZON Kelly NED F 9 DE JONG Danielle NGR M 5 SULE Nasiru NOR M 5 URHAUG Tommy NOR M 9 AULIE Andreas NOR F 8 DAHLEN Aida POL M 2 CZUPER Rafal POL M 4 ZYLKA Krszysztof POL M 4 NALEPKA Maciej POL M 8 SKRZYNECKI Marcin POL M 8 GRUDZIEN Piotr POL M 10 POWROZNIAK Sebastian POL M 10 MISZTAL Igor POL M 10 CHOJNOWSKI Patryk POL M 11 BALUSZEK Kamil POL M 11 SLOCINSKI Damian POL F 1 BUCLAW Dorota POL F 8 JASTRZEBSKA Dajana POL F 9 GRZELAK Malgorzata POL F 9 PEK Karolina POL F 10 PARTYKA Natalia

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POL F 11 SIEMIENIECKA Krystyna POL F 11 NOWACKA Dorota POL F 11 DOBKO Monika Karolina ROU M 3 DACIAN Makszin ROU M 6 SIMION Bobi ROU F 7 CONSTANTIN Gabriela RUS M 6 ESAULOV Alexander RUS M 9 NOZDRUNOV Iurii RUS M 10 LUKYJANOV Pavel RUS M 11 GAYFULLIN Kemal RUS F 2 POUCHPACHEVA Nadejda RUS F 6 TCHEBANIKA Raissa RUS F 8 LITVINENKO Elena RUS F 9 KOMLEVA / GORSHKALEVA Olga RUS F 10 KARMAEVA Inna RUS F 10 SARATOVA Daria RUS F 11 KOSACHEVA Anzhelika SLE M 4 WYNDHAM George SLO F 4 DOLINAR Andreja SRB M 2 PERLIC Goran SRB M 5 PALIKUCA Mitar SRB F 4 PERIC-RANKOVIC Borislava SRB F 4 MATIC Nada SRB F 4 POPADIC Zorica SUI M 1 KELLER Sylvio SUI M 6 KNEUSS Valentin SVK M 2 RIAPOS Jan SVK M 2 REVUCKY Ratislav SVK M 2 LUDROVSKY Martin SVK M 4 MIHALIK Peter SVK M 8 CSEJTEY Richard SWE M 3 OHGREN Alexander SWE M 8 ANDERSSON Emil SWE M 9 KARLSSON Linus SWE F 3 AHLQUIST Anna-carin SWE F 5 LUNDBÄCK Ingela THA M 3 LAOWONG Anurak THA M 6 THAINIYOM Rungroj THA F 2 MAENPUAK Wachirapond THA F 4 JAION Wijitra THA F 4 THINJUN Piyawan TPE M 5 LIN Yen-hung TPE M 11 HUANG Ta Yu TPE F 4 LEE Ya-chu TPE F 4 LU Pi-chun TPE F 5 WEI Mei-hui TPE F 5 HSIAO Shu-chin

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TPE F 10 TIAN Shiau Wen TUR M 4 OZTURK Abdullah TUR M 4 TURAN Nesim TUR M 5 OZTURK Ali TUR M 11 OLCAS Garip TUR F 3 ALTINTAS Nergiz TUR F 3 DUMAN Hatice TUR F 9 KAVAS Neslihan TUR F 10 CAN Ebru TUR F 10 ERTIS Ümran TUR F 10 TURKKAN Hilal UKR M 2 YEZYK Oleksandr UKR M 3 PETRUNIV Vasyl UKR M 7 POPOV Mykhaylo UKR M 7 NIKOLENKO Maksym UKR M 7 KARP Viktor UKR M 8 DIDUKH Viktor UKR M 9 KUBOV Vadym UKR M 9 SHCHEPANSKYY Yuriy UKR F 6 KLYMENKO Yuliya UKR F 6 KHODZYNSKAYA Antonina UKR F 11 KOSMINA Natalya USA M 9 LEIBOVITZ Tahl USA F 7 UMSCHEID Sherri

IPTTC.org

Make sure you follow 2014 ITTF Para Table Tennis World Championships on IPTTC.org to obtain the following:

 Results, Schedule  Editorial images at Flickr.com/ITTFWorld  Players profile at http://www.ipttc.org/players/

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