Julien Soyer
Appearance
![]() Soyer at the 2005 European Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | 4 March 1978||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Polio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | C8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Julien Soyer (born March 4, 1978) is a former para table tennis player from India who competed for France in international level events.[1] He contracted polio aged six months old and had his right leg amputated; he would wear a complete prosthetic when competin in table tennis events. After his retirement from sport, he works as a sports journalist.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Julien Soyer - IPTTF Profile". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 14 March 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Rencontre avec Julien Soyer, ancien pongiste handisport et medaille aux Jeux Paralympiques (in French)". La Manufacture. 26 November 2019.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Paralympiques. Carnet de campagne olympique d'un envoye special (in French)". ouest-france.fr. 20 September 2012.
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Categories:
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Indian emigrants to France
- French male journalists
- French sports journalists
- Paralympic table tennis players of France
- Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic silver medalists for France
- Paralympic medalists in table tennis
- French male table tennis players
- French table tennis biography stubs