George Wyndham (table tennis)

George Wyndham (born 23 March 1990) is a Sierra Leonean para table tennis player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[1] He was the only Sierra Leonean athlete who competed.[2] Wyndham was able to compete with financial help from the United Nations Development Programme.[3]

In the 2016 Summer Paralympics, Wyndham competed in Class 4 of the Men's Table Tennis Individual Event. Wyndham was eliminated from the Tournament in the Preliminary Round of the tournament after coming 3rd in Group F, losing both his matches to Zhang Yan of China (11-2, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5) and to Wanchai Chaiwut of Thailand (11-2, 11-9, 11-9).

Wyndham is paralyzed after suffering from polio as a child.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "George Wyndham". rio2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Sierra Leone's homeless Paralympian". BBC News. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Sierra Leone's Paralympian athlete champions rights of people living with disabilities". Sierra Express Media. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Nina de Vries (14 March 2016). "African Table Tennis Player Sets Sights on Paralympics". Voice of America. Retrieved 9 September 2016.


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