Twenty European table tennis players qualify for Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
Men’s and women’s champions in each class of the singles events in Denmark booked spots in Brazil
Natalia Partyka won a place at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
Twenty places in the table tennis competition at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games were awarded at the European Para Table Tennis Championships, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has confirmed. The event, which was held in Vejle, Denmark, came to an end on Saturday (17 October). Check out the list of athletes who won slots:
Men:
Class 1: Robert Davies, Britain
Class 2: Fabian Lamirault, France
Class 3: Thomas Brüchle, Germany
Class 4: Thomas Maxime, France
Class 5: Tommy Urhaug, Norway
Class 6: Alvaro Valera, Spain
Class 7: Jean-Paul Montanus, Netherlands
Class 8: Viktor Didukh, Ukraine
Class 9: Laurens Devos, Belgium
Class 10: Patryk Chojnowski, Poland
Class 11: Florian Van Acker, Belgium
Women:
Classes 1-2 *: Nadejda Pushpasheva, Russia
Class 3: Anna-Carin Ahlqhuist, Sweden
Classes 4-5 **: Borislava Peric-Rankovic, Serbia (athlete classified as Class 4)
Class 6: Sandra Paovic, Ukraine
Class 7: Kelly Van Zon, Netherlands
Class 8: Aida Dahlen, Norway
Class 9: Nesilhan Kavas, Turkey
Class 10: Natalia Partyka, Poland
Class 11: Elena Prokofeeva, Russia
* Both classes are held together at the Paralympic Games
** At the European Championship, the two classes were brought together
Rio2016.com is not an absolute authority on qualification for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which is an ongoing process. Final places will only be confirmed in July 2016 (for the Olympic Games) and August 2016 (for the Paralympic Games). The qualification systems are defined by each sport’s respective International Federation and the International Olympic Committee or International Paralympic Committee, and are subject to change. When an athlete or team wins a quota place for their nation, the final decision on whether this ‘slot’ is used and which athletes are sent is taken by the respective National Olympic Committee or National Paralympic Committee (NOC or NPC). Even when athletes win a ‘nominal’ place for themselves, NOCs/NPCs may have to decide who to send if the number of qualified athletes from one country exceeds the quota´
