Nathan Pellissier
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 March 1996 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Table Tennis | ||||||||||||||
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Nathan Pellissier (born 17 March 1996) is an Australian Paralympic table tennis player. He competed at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics where he won a silver medal and at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
Personal
[edit]Pellissier was born on 17 March 1996 with cerebral palsy.[1] In a four-year period late last decade, he had two hip surgeries and bone grafts. He attended the Maribyrnong Sports Academy.[2] He completed his Bachelor of Business degree at RMIT and is working part-time at Coolahbah Law Chambers. In 2020, he has commenced Master of Professional Accounting and Finance at Deakin University.[3] He lives in Williamstown, Victoria.[2] In 2021, Pellissier was named as Deakin University's Sportsperson of the Year – Disability.[4]
Table tennis
[edit]Pellissier is classified as C8 table tennis player. He competed at the 2014 World Para Table Tennis Championships in China.[2] In 2017, he finally defeated his C8 rival Barak Mizrachi at the Australian Para Table Tennis Nationals.[2]
In 2017, he won gold medals at three major international championships, including the Korean Para Open and the Taiwan Para Open. The following year he lived and trained in Munich, Germany, picking up bronze medals at the Spanish Para Open and US Para Open, before gaining valuable experience at the World Championships in Slovenia.[1]
At the 2019 Oceania Para Table Tennis Championships, Darwin, he won the silver medal in the Men’s Singles Class 6-10 and gold medal with Joel Coughlan in the Class 6-10 Teams.[5]
At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, he lost both matches in the Men's Individual C8 and won a silver medal with Ma Lin and Joel Coughlan in the Men's Team C9-10.[6] Pellissier competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the Men's Singles 8, Men's Doubles 18 and Mixed Doubles 17 but did not progress after the opening matches.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Nathan Pellissier". Paralympics Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d "DEEBLE: Pellissier overcomes injury to win national title". Star Weekly. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Elite Athlete Program Profiles". Deakin University. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "2021 Deakin Sport Awards: Congratulations to our Sportsperson of the Year winners!". Deakin Life. Deakin University. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ Gillen, Nancy (7 May 2019). "Australia dominate home Oceania Para Table Tennis Championships". Inside The Games. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Nathan Pellissier". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
External links
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Paralympic table tennis players for Australia
- Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in table tennis
- Paralympic silver medalists for Australia
- People from Williamstown, Victoria
- Cerebral Palsy category Paralympic competitors
- Sportspeople from Melbourne
- Deakin University alumni
- RMIT University alumni
- Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen