Rungroj Thainiyom
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Nickname(s) | Rung | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bangkok,[1] Thailand | 16 December 1986||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing style | Left-handed shakehand grip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 2 (January 2012)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 3 (February 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rungroj Thainiyom (Thai: รุ่งโรจน์ ไทยนิยม, RTGS: Rungrot Thainiyom, born 16 December 1986[4]) is a para table tennis player from Thailand.
Career[edit]
He has won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[1][5] He was the first Thai to win a Paralympic gold medal in table tennis.[6]
Personal life[edit]
He has muscular dystrophy.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Thainiyom Rungroj - profile". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Thainiyom Rungroj". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.[dead link]
- ^ "Thainiyom Rungroj - ranking history". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
- ^ "Entry List by Event" (PDF). 2016 Summer Paralympics. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Rungroj Thainiyom". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ a b Wiriyanupappong, Preechachan (2012-09-03). "I fulfilled a 10-year dream, says golden Rungroj". The Nation. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
External links[edit]
- Rungroj Thainiyom at ITTF Para Table Tennis
- Rungroj Thainiyom at the International Paralympic Committee
Categories:
- Living people
- Paralympic medalists in table tennis
- Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- 1986 births
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Thailand
- Paralympic gold medalists for Thailand
- People with muscular dystrophy
- Sportspeople from Bangkok
- Thai male table tennis players
- Paralympic table tennis players for Thailand
- FESPIC Games competitors
- 20th-century Thai people
- 21st-century Thai people
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Para Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games
- Asian table tennis biography stubs
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- Paralympic medalist stubs