Peter Palos won the silver medal at the Taipei Table Tennis World Cup.
Hungarian Paralympic Committee website According to his report, the Hungarian player, two-time Paralympic champion and competitor in the S11 category, advanced from his group in second place, then defeated a competitor from Hong Kong in the quarter-finals, and a Japanese competitor from among the four. In the final match, he lost to a local competitor 3:0.
Based on the world rankings that ended on March 31, Peter Palos is a confirmed participant in the Paris Paralympics starting on August 28.
Peter Palos (1985-)
Peter Palos was born in 1985 and has a mild intellectual disability. At the age of thirteen, he played table tennis for the first time while on vacation at Lake Balaton and immediately fell in love with the sport. When he was 14, he went with his mother to BVSC training, and he has been playing there ever since. Hungary at the London 2012 Olympics a team He won his second gold medal, taking a bronze at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Impressive results:
- 2012 – Paralympic Games, London, injury category S11, 1st place individual
- 2014 – World Para Table Tennis Championship, injury category S11, third place singles
- 2016 – Paralympic Games, London, injury category S11, 3rd place individual
- 2017 – European Para Table Tennis Championship, injury category S11, 1st place singles
- 2018 – World Table Tennis Championship for the Disabled, injury category S11, second place, singles
- 2021 – Paralympic Games, Tokyo, Disability category S11, 1st place individual
- 2023 – European Championships, Sheffield, injury category S11, 2nd place individual
- 2023 – World Cup, Lascaux, injury category S11, 3rd place individual
- 2024 – World Cup, Costa Brava, injury category S11, third place individual
Awards and recognitions:
- Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit (2012)
- Disabled Athlete of the Year (2012)
Source: mti.hu, hparaolimpia.hu
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