Rainer Schmidt (table tennis)
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Born | Nümbrecht, West Germany | 18 February 1965||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Femur fibula ulna syndrome | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | C6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rainer Schmidt (born February 18, 1965) is a retired German para table tennis player who played in international level events. He participated in four Summer Paralympic Games and has won three Paralympic titles. He has also won five World titles and nine European titles in mostly team events with Jochen Wollmert.[1][2]
During his sporting career, he was a left handed player with a metal bar attached onto his left upper arm and has a prosthetic on his right leg.[3]
References
- ^ "Rainer Schmidt - IPTTF Profile". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 10 March 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Rainer Schmidt - Website". Rainer Schmidt Table Tennis. 10 March 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "German Paralympics athlete fights to win acceptance". dw.com. 6 September 2008.
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Categories:
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bonn
- Paralympic table tennis players of Germany
- Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in table tennis
- Paralympic gold medalists for Germany
- Paralympic silver medalists for Germany
- German table tennis biography stubs