Australian Paralympic Table Tennis Team

Australia was represented in table tennis at the 1960 Summer Paralympics.In the early Games, many Australian table tennis players represented Australia in several sports. It was won 8 medals - 2 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals.
Gold medallists are:

• Daphne Ceeney and Marion O'Brien in 1964
• Terry Biggs in 1984
• Lei Lina in 2021 (2020 Summer Paralympics)
• Qian Yang in 2021 (2020 Summer Paralympics)

Medal tally

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1960 Rome	0	1	0	1
1964 Tokyo	1	0	3	4
1968 Tel-Aviv	0	1	0	1
1972 Heidelberg	0	0	0	0
1976 Toronto	0	0	0	0
1980 Arnhem	0	0	0	0
1984 Stoke Mandeville	1	0	0	1
1988 Seoul	0	0	0	0
1992 Barcelona	0	0	0	0
1996 Atlanta	0	0	0	0
2000 Sydney*	0	0	0	0
2004 Athens	0	0	0	0
2008 Beijing	0	0	0	0
2012 London	0	0	0	0
2016 Rio	0	1	0	1
2020 Tokyo	2	4	0	6
Totals (16 entries)	4	7	3	14

Summer Paralympic Games

1960

See also: Table tennis at the 1960 Summer Paralympics

Australia represented by:
Men - Bruno Moretti, Bill Mather-Brown[1]
Australia won a silver medal in Men's Doubles B - Bruno Moretti, Bill Mather-Brown

1964

See also: Table tennis at the 1964 Summer Paralympics

Australia represented by:
Men - Allan McLucas
Women - Daphne Ceeney, Marion O'Brien, Elaine Schreiber[1]
Australia won 1 gold and 3 bronze medals.

1968

See also: Table tennis at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Australia represented by:
Men - Kevin Bawden, Alan Conn, Kevin Coombs, John Martin, Bill Mather-Brown, Allan McLucas, Bruno Moretti, Jimmy Newton, Tony South, Don Watts
Women - Lorraine Dodd, Daphne Hilton, Cherrie Loydstrom, Marion O'Brien, Elaine Schreiber, Pam Smith [1]
Australia won 1 silver medal in Women's Doubles C - Marion O'Brien, Elaine Schreiber.

1972

Main article: Table tennis at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

Australia represented by:
Men – Bob Millan, Cliff Rickard
Women - ? [1]
Australia did not win any medals.

1976

Main article: Table tennis at the 1976 Summer Paralympics

Australia represented by:
Men – Kevin Bawden, Wayne Flood, Ray Letheby, Peter Marsh, John Martin, Ross Soutar
Women – Elaine Schreiber
[1] Australia did not win any medals.

1980

See also: Table tennis at the 1980 Summer Paralympics

Australia represented by:
Men – Donald Dann, Peter Marsh, John Martin, John Sheil, Charlie Tapscott[1]
Australia did not win any medals.

1984

See also: Table tennis at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

Australia represented by:
Men – Terry Biggs, Paul Croft, Garry Croker Joe Marlow, Errol Smith [1]

Women – Carmel Williams

Australian won a gold medal through Terry Biggs performance.

1988

See also: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

Australia represented by:
Men – Geoffrey Barden, Marcel Bucello, Paul Croft, Garry Croker, Jeremy Halloran, Craig Parson, John Sheil, Ian Simpson
Women – Carmel Williams[1]
Australia did not win any medals.

1992

See also: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Paralympics

Australian table tennis player Csaba Bobary playing in Barcelona Paralympics

Australia represented by:
Men – Csaba Bobory [1][2]
Australia won no medals.

1996

No athletes

2000

See also: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Australia represented by:

Men - Bill Medley, Ross Schurgott
Officials - Head Coach - Joe Hoad (Head) ; Officials - Carmel Medley
Australia was given two wild card entries due to it being the host nation. It did not win any medals as no athlete progressed past the first round.[1][3]

2004

No athletes

2008

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Australia represented by:
Women - Rebecca Julian, Sarah Lazzaro
Officials - Head Coach - Brian Berry, Section Manager - Barbara Talbot Catherine Morrow was selected but withdrew from the team.[4][5]

Australia did not win any medals.

2012

Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Australia represented by:
Women- Melissa Tapper, Rebecca McDonnell
Officials - Head Coach - Alois Rosario ; Team Leader - Roger Massie
[6]
Australia did not win any medals.

2016

Main article: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Australia represented by:
Women- Daniela Di Toro, Melissa Tapper, Andrea McDonnell (d)
Men- Barak Mizrachi (d), Samuel Von Einem (d)
Officials - Head Coach - Alois Rosario ; Team Leader - Roger Massie
[7]

Sam Von Einem in winning the silver medal won Australia's first medal since Terry Biggs won gold in 1984.

(d)= Paralympic Games debut

See also

• Table tennis at the Summer Paralympics
• Australia at the Paralympics

References

1. "Table tennis results". International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
2. Australian Team Members Profile Handbook. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Federation. 1992.
3. Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2000.
4. Media Guide Beijing 2008 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
5. Annual Report 2007-2008. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008.
6. Media Guide : London 2012 Paralympic Games (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
7. Media Guide Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 21 September 2016.