James Rawson
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Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1965-07-07) 7 July 1965 (age 59) Newark, Nottinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | C3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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James Rawson (born 7 July 1965[1] in Newark, Nottinghamshire) is a British para table tennis player who competed at every Summer Paralympic Games between 1984 and 2008, winning five medals.[2] He has also competed at World Championships in Assen 1990,Taipei 2002 where he won Team silver with Neil Robinson and individual Bronze defeating Guertler from Germany
Table tennis career
He won a gold medal in the men's team Class 3 event at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics, alongside Neil Robinson and Phillip Evans, defeating Germany in the final.[3]
At the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the Class 3 team event, again with Robinson, and a further bronze in the Class 3 singles event, with Robinson taking the silver.[4]
Rawson won silver in the Men's Class 3 team event at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics alongside Robinson and Stefan Trofan.[5] The same trio retained their silver medal at the 2004 Athens Paralympics, losing in the gold medal match to South Korea.[6]
Rawson competed at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics in the Men's individual Class 3 event without winning a medal; alongside Robinson and Arnie Chan he came fourth in the Men's team Class 3, losing the bronze medal match to host nation China.[7][8]
References
- ^ "Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - Official Results Book". ipc-services.org. International Paralympic Committee. 19 September 2004.
- ^ "James Rawson". British Paralympic Association. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ "Medallists Barcelona 1992 Paralympic Games Table Tennis". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Medallists Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games Table Tennis". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Medallists Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games Table Tennis". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Results Archive Athens 2004 Table Tennis". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Results Archive Beijing 2008 Table Tennis - Men's Teams 3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "James Rawson Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
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