Gabriel Emiliano Copola (born 20 January 1984) is an Argentine para table tennis player with competition Classification 3. He plays for MdO (colonia Montes de Oca) in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires. Copola's current ranking is world number 11 in class 3, his highest ranking was world number 5 in February 2016.[1]
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| Full name | Gabriel Emiliano Copola | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Gaby | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 January 1984 Ituzaingo, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing style | Shakehand, Offensive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | MdO, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career edit
A lover of sports, Copola had a bicycle accident when he was 11, which left him paraplegic.[2] He began playing table tennis in 1999 and made his international debut the same year, representing Argentina at the 2011 Parapan American Games in Mexico, where he won the gold medal in the Men's singles C3 competition and thus qualified for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.[3][4]
Career Record edit
Parapan American Games edit
2011 Guadalajara: Men's Singles Class 3
2011 Guadalajara: Men's Team Class 5
Para Panamerican Championships edit
2009 Margarita Island: Men's Team Class 5
2005 Mar del Plata: Men's Team Class 3
2005 Mar del Plata: Men's Wheelchair Open
2003 Brasília: Men's Team
2001 Buenos Aires: Men's Team
References edit
- ^ "Gabriel Copola". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 3 June 2019.
- ^ http://lawriejournalist.blogspot.com/search?q=gabriel+copola Gabriel Copola: The picture of table tennis (accessed 18-11-2011).
- ^ http://info.parapan.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ESP/TT/TTR173A_TTM003003E0100001ESP.htm Archived 2012-05-15 at the Wayback Machine Tenis de Mesa Resultados Individual C3 Partido Medalla De Oro Partido 16 (accessed 18-11-2011).
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Qualification guide (accessed 18-11-2011).