Sunday, 05. May 2024

Natalia Partyka

She started playing table tennis at the age of 7. Six months after she first picked up a racket in her hand, she competed in Polish Championships of the Disabled. Nowadays table tennis is her biggest passion and in fact she cannot imagine her life without the celluloid ball.
She is a two-time Olympic Paralympics champion in Athens and Beijing.
Currently she is one of the best players in Poland and Europe.
She is ranked 92nd in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation ITTF.
Decorated with the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2009), she won the "Champion" statuette in the 74th "PS" and TVP poll for the Sportsman of the Year 2008.

 

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Silver medalist of the 2009 European Team Championships
  • Bronze medalist at the 2008 European Championships in doubles with Xu Jie,
  • Bronze medalist at the 2010 European Team Championships
  • 2-time Olympic disabled singles champion in 2004 and 2008,
  • 2-time Paralympic silver medalist in team play with the Polish national team in 2004 and 2008,
  • Qualifying for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,
  • She is a 3-time silver medalist of the Polish Championships in single game with non-disabled players (2007, 2008, 2009),
  • She is a 2-time Polish champion in a double game with players without disabilities (2008, 2009),
  • Polish Champion in single game in the junior category in 2008,
  • Mistrzyni Świata w grze pojedynczej w kategorii niepełnosprawnych w 2007,
  • Gold medalist at the 2004 European Cadet Women's Singles Championship with able-bodied players,
  • 4th place with the Polish team at the Paralympic Games in Sydney in 2000,
  • Multiple Polish champion in single game in the disabled category.
  • 5th place in singles play at the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney,

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