Aida Husić Dahlen (born 5 October 1990) is a Norwegian para table tennis player, she is currently world number two in her sports class 8. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's individual class 8, winning a bronze medal.[1]
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| Full name | Aida Husić Dahlen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Norwegian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 October 1990 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | Class 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Randesund IL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Jan Betgersen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Life edit
Dahlen was born without a left forearm and has a below-knee amputation on her left leg.[2] Dahlen was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina before the outbreak of the Bosnian War in 1992. She was adopted by Norwegian parents at the age of six.[3]
She took up table tennis at the age of 12 after being encouraged by a friend, and first competed internationally in 2008 at the age of 18.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Table Tennis: DAHLEN Aida". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Aida Dahlen". IPTTC.org. International Para Table Tennis Federation. 4 June 2019.
- ^ "Aida heard about table tennis when she was 12 years old. Now she is number two in the world". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 1 November 2015.
- ^ "My Way to Olympia". pov.org. 7 July 2014.
External links edit
- Aida Dahlen at ITTF Para Table Tennis
- Aida Dahlen at the International Paralympic Committee
- Aida Dahlen at Team Norway (in Norwegian)