Gabriel Copola

Gabriel Copola
Full name Gabriel Emiliano Copola
Nationality  Argentina
Residence Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing style Shakehand, Offensive
Club Adima Club, La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born January 20, 1984 (1984-01-20) (age 28)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 74 kg (160 lb; 11.7 st)

Gabriel Copola (born January 20, 1984 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine Wheelchair Table Tennis player with competition Classification 3. He plays for Adima Club in San Justo, Buenos Aires.[1]

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Career

A lover of sports, Copola had a bicycle accident when he was 12, which left him paraplegic.[2] He began playing table tennis in 1999 at Cedima Club in San Justo and made his international debut the same year, representing Argentina at the Para Panamerican Games in Mexico. At the 2011 Para Panamerican Games, he won the Gold medal in the Men's Singles Class 3 competition and thus qualified for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.[3][4]

Career Record

Para Panamerican Championships

2011 Guadalajara: Men's Singles Class 3
2011 Guadalajara: Men's Team Class 5
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 Brasilia: Men's Team
2001 Buenos Aires: Men's Team

References

  1. ^ http://www.adima.com.ar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24&Itemid=14 ADIMA (accessed 17-11-2011).
  2. ^ http://lawriejournalist.blogspot.com/search?q=gabriel+copola Gabriel Copola: The picture of table tennis (accessed 18-11-2011).
  3. ^ http://info.parapan.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ESP/TT/TTR173A_TTM003003E0100001ESP.htm Tenis de Mesa Resultados Individual C3 Partido Medalla De Oro Partido 16 (accessed 18-11-2011).
  4. ^ http://www.ittf.com/World_Events/2012PG/Qualification_guide.pdf Qualification guide (accessed 18-11-2011).