Carlos Raul Maslup (9 January 1959[1] – 23 August 2007) was an Argentine para table tennis player who competed in international elite competitions. He was a Pan American singles' champion, Parapan American Games bronze medalist in the men's singles and competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. He was also a Paralympic swimmer and Paralympic athlete at the 1988 Summer Paralympics where he won three silver medals and one bronze medal.[2][3]

Carlos Maslup
Carlos Raul Maslup and Daniel Haylan playing paragraph table tennis vs. Korea
Carlos Raul Maslup and Daniel Haylan vs. Korea
Personal information
Full nameCarlos Raul Maslup
Born(1959-01-09)9 January 1959
Godoy Cruz, Mendoza, Argentina
Died23 August 2007(2007-08-23) (aged 48)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sport
Country Argentina
SportPara table tennis
Disability classC1
Medal record
Para table tennis
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Mar del Plata Singles C1
Silver medal – second place 2003 Brasilia Singles C1
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Brasilia Teams C1-2
Parapan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Singles C1
Paralympic swimming
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul 25m breaststroke 1A
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul 75m individual medley 1A
Paralympic athletics
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Slalom 1A
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Discus throw 1A

At the 2007 Parapan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Maslup competed at his second Parapan American Games and won a bronze medal in the men's singles class 1. On 19 August, on the day of the multi-sport event's closing ceremony, Maslup had a stroke in a hotel and he was first taken to the Miguel Couto Hospital but there were no beds available and so he was transferred to the Salgado Filho Hospital. Maslup was in a coma for three days and was diagnosed as brain dead by the hospital doctors on 22 August and died on 23 August in an intensive care unit at the Salgado Filho Hospital.[4][5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - Official Results Book". ipc-services.org. International Paralympic Committee. 19 September 2004.
  2. ^ "Carlos Maslup - IPTTF Profile". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 25 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-06-25.
  3. ^ "Carlos Maslup - IPC Profile". International Paralympic Committee. 25 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-05-18.
  4. ^ "Table tennis player Carlos Maslup died (in Spanish)". La Nacion. 24 August 2007. Archived from the original on 2021-06-25.
  5. ^ "Argentine athlete Carlos Maslup dies in Rio". cbtm.org. 23 August 2007. Archived from the original on 2021-06-25.