Maxime Thomas
.jpg) Thomas in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Maxou | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 December 1983 Nancy, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Lyon, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Spinal cord injury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | C4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maxime Thomas (born 17 December 1983) is a French para table tennis player who competes in international level events. He is a triple Paralympic bronze medalist, a World champion and six time European champion in team events. He is also a four-time World bronze medalist and double European champion in singles events.[1][2]
Thomas was paralysed from the waist down aged 15 following a diagnosis of an autoimmune disease and he spent almost two years in a rehabilitation centre. He discovered para table tennis in 2000 when he got inspired by watching the 2000 Summer Paralympics once he left hospital, he played the sport that year and played competitively in 2001.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "THOMAS Maxime". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Maxime Thomas". france-paralympic.fr (in French). France Paralympique. 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Maxime Thomas: 'To win Paralympic gold would be fantastic!'". SportMag.fr (in French). 1 February 2019.
External links
[edit]- Maxime Thomas at ITTF Para Table Tennis
- Maxime Thomas at the International Paralympic Committee
- Maxime Thomas at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Maxime Thomas at Équipe de France (in French)
- Maxime Thomas at France Paralympique (in French)
Categories:
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Nancy, France
- Sportspeople from Lyon
- Paralympic table tennis players for France
- Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- French male table tennis players
- 21st-century French sportsmen