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Australia was represented in table tennis at the 1960 Summer Paralympics.In the early Games, many Australian table tennis players represented Australia in several sports. It was won 8 medals - 2 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals.
Gold medallists are:

Daphne Ceeney and Marion O'Brien in 1964
Terry Biggs in 1984
Lei Lina in 2021 (2020 Summer Paralympics)
Qian Yang in 2021 (2020 Summer Paralympics)

Medal tally


Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1960 Rome	0	1	0	1
1964 Tokyo	1	0	3	4
1968 Tel-Aviv	0	1	0	1
1972 Heidelberg	0	0	0	0
1976 Toronto	0	0	0	0
1980 Arnhem	0	0	0	0
1984 Stoke Mandeville	1	0	0	1
1988 Seoul	0	0	0	0
1992 Barcelona	0	0	0	0
1996 Atlanta	0	0	0	0
2000 Sydney*	0	0	0	0
2004 Athens	0	0	0	0
2008 Beijing	0	0	0	0
2012 London	0	0	0	0
2016 Rio	0	1	0	1
2020 Tokyo	2	4	0	6
Totals (16 entries)	4	7	3	14

Summer Paralympic Games

1960

Australia represented by:
Men - Bruno Moretti, Bill Mather-Brown^[1]
Australia won a silver medal in Men's Doubles B - Bruno Moretti, Bill Mather-Brown

1964

Australia represented by:
Men - Allan McLucas
Women - Daphne Ceeney, Marion O'Brien, Elaine Schreiber^[1]
Australia won 1 gold and 3 bronze medals.

1968

Australia represented by:
Men - Kevin Bawden, Alan Conn, Kevin Coombs, John Martin, Bill Mather-Brown, Allan McLucas, Bruno Moretti, Jimmy Newton, Tony South, Don Watts
Women - Lorraine Dodd, Daphne Hilton, Cherrie Loydstrom, Marion O'Brien, Elaine Schreiber, Pam Smith ^[1]
Australia won 1 silver medal in Women's Doubles C - Marion O'Brien, Elaine Schreiber.

1972

Australia represented by:
Men – Bob Millan, Cliff Rickard
Women - ? ^[1]
Australia did not win any medals.

1976

Australia represented by:
Men – Kevin Bawden, Wayne Flood, Ray Letheby, Peter Marsh, John Martin, Ross Soutar
Women – Elaine Schreiber
^[1] Australia did not win any medals.

1980

Australia represented by:
Men – Donald Dann, Peter Marsh, John Martin, John Sheil, Charlie Tapscott^[1]
Australia did not win any medals.

1984

Australia represented by:
Men – Terry Biggs, Paul Croft, Garry Croker Joe Marlow, Errol Smith ^[1]

Women – Carmel Williams

Australian won a gold medal through Terry Biggs performance.

1988

Australia represented by:
Men – Geoffrey Barden, Marcel Bucello, Paul Croft, Garry Croker, Jeremy Halloran, Craig Parson, John Sheil, Ian Simpson
Women – Carmel Williams^[1]
Australia did not win any medals.

1992

Australia represented by:
Men – Csaba Bobory ^[1]^[2]
Australia won no medals.

1996

No athletes

2000

Australia represented by:

Men - Bill Medley, Ross Schurgott
Officials - Head Coach - Joe Hoad (Head) ; Officials - Carmel Medley
Australia was given two wild card entries due to it being the host nation. It did not win any medals as no athlete progressed past the first round.^[1]^[3]

2004

No athletes

2008

Australia represented by:
Women - Rebecca Julian, Sarah Lazzaro
Officials - Head Coach - Brian Berry, Section Manager - Barbara Talbot Catherine Morrow was selected but withdrew from the team.^[4]^[5]

Australia did not win any medals.

2012

Australia represented by:
Women- Melissa Tapper, Rebecca McDonnell
Officials - Head Coach - Alois Rosario ; Team Leader - Roger Massie
^[6]
Australia did not win any medals.

2016

Australia represented by:
Women- Daniela Di Toro, Melissa Tapper, Andrea McDonnell (d)
Men- Barak Mizrachi (d), Samuel Von Einem (d)
Officials - Head Coach - Alois Rosario ; Team Leader - Roger Massie
^[7]

Sam Von Einem in winning the silver medal won Australia's first medal since Terry Biggs won gold in 1984.

(d)= Paralympic Games debut

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Table tennis results". International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
^ Australian Team Members Profile Handbook. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Federation. 1992.
^ Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2000.
^ Media Guide Beijing 2008 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
^ Annual Report 2007-2008. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008.
^ Media Guide : London 2012 Paralympic Games (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
^ Media Guide Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

[results-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Table tennis results". International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Retrieved 19 March 2013.

[2] Australian Team Members Profile Handbook. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Federation. 1992.

[3] Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2000.

[4] Media Guide Beijing 2008 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-17.

[5] Annual Report 2007-2008. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008.

[6] Media Guide : London 2012 Paralympic Games (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2013-03-19.

[riomedia-7] Media Guide Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

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 * [[Daphne Ceeney]] and [[Marion O'Brien]] in 1964
 *[[Terry Biggs]] in 1984
+*[[Lei Lina]] in 2021 ([[2020 Summer Paralympics]])
+*[[Yang Qian (table tennis)|Qian Yang]] in 2021 ([[2020 Summer Paralympics]])
 ==Medal tally==
+{{Medals table
-{| {{MedalTable|type=Games}}
+ | caption     =
-!style="width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;"|Rank
+ | team        = Games
-|-
+ | hide_rank   = yes
-|align=left| [[1960 Summer Paralympics|1960 Rome]] || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 ||
+ | leading     =
-|-
+ | gold_1  = 0  | silver_1  = 1  | bronze_1  = 0  | name_1  = [[1960 Summer Paralympics|1960 Rome]]
-|align=left| [[1964 Summer Paralympics|1964 Tokyo]] || 1 || 0 || 3 || 4||
+ | gold_2  = 1  | silver_2  = 0  | bronze_2  = 3  | name_2  = [[1964 Summer Paralympics|1964 Tokyo]]
-|-
+ | gold_3  = 0  | silver_3  = 1  | bronze_3  = 0  | name_3  = [[1968 Summer Paralympics|1968 Tel-Aviv]]
-|align=left| [[1968 Summer Paralympics|1968 Tel-Aviv]] || 0 || 1|| 0 || 1 ||
+ | gold_4  = 0  | silver_4  = 0  | bronze_4  = 0  | name_4  = [[1972 Summer Paralympics|1972 Heidelberg]]
-|-
+ | gold_5  = 0  | silver_5  = 0  | bronze_5  = 0  | name_5  = [[1976 Summer Paralympics|1976 Toronto]]
-|align=left| [[1972 Summer Paralympics|1972 Heidelberg]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||
+ | gold_6  = 0  | silver_6  = 0  | bronze_6  = 0  | name_6  = [[1980 Summer Paralympics|1980 Arnhem]]
-|-
+ | gold_7  = 1  | silver_7  = 0  | bronze_7  = 0  | name_7  = [[1984 Summer Paralympics|1984 Stoke Mandeville]]
-|align=left| [[1976 Summer Paralympics|1976 Toronto]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||
+ | gold_8  = 0  | silver_8  = 0  | bronze_8  = 0  | name_8  = [[1988 Summer Paralympics|1988 Seoul]]
-|-
+ | gold_9  = 0  | silver_9  = 0  | bronze_9  = 0  | name_9  = [[1992 Summer Paralympics|1992 Barcelona]]
-|align=left| [[1980 Summer Paralympics|1980 Arnhem]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||
+ | gold_10 = 0  | silver_10 = 0  | bronze_10 = 0  | name_10 = [[1996 Summer Paralympics|1996 Atlanta]]
-|-
+ | gold_11 = 0  | silver_11 = 0  | bronze_11 = 0  | name_11 = [[2000 Summer Paralympics|2000 Sydney]] | host_11 = yes
-|align=left| [[1984 Summer Paralympics|1984 Stoke Mandeville]] || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 ||
+ | gold_12 = 0  | silver_12 = 0  | bronze_12 = 0  | name_12 = [[2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens]]
-|-
+ | gold_13 = 0  | silver_13 = 0  | bronze_13 = 0  | name_13 = [[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Beijing]]
-|align=left| [[1988 Summer Paralympics|1988 Seoul]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||
+ | gold_14 = 0  | silver_14 = 0  | bronze_14 = 0  | name_14 = [[2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 London]]
-|-
+ | gold_15 = 0  | silver_15 = 1  | bronze_15 = 0  | name_15 = [[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio]]
-|align=left| [[1992 Summer Paralympics|1992 Barcelona]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||
+ | gold_16 = 2  | silver_16 = 4  | bronze_16 = 0  | name_16 = [[2020 Summer Paralympics|2020 Tokyo]]
-|-
+}}
-|align=left| [[1996 Summer Paralympics|1996 Atlanta]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||
-|-bgcolor=ccccff
-|align=left| [[2000 Summer Paralympics|2000 Sydney]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||
-|-
-|align=left| [[2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||
-|-
-|align=left| [[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Beijing]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||
-|-
-|align=left| [[2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 London]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||
-|-
-|align=left| [[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio]] || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 ||
-|- class="sortbottom" align=center
-! Total ||2  || 3 ||3 || 8  ||
-|}
 ==Summer Paralympic Games==
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 Australia represented by: <br/>
 '''Men''' - [[Allan McLucas]] <br/>
-'''Women''' - [[Daphne Ceeney]], [[Marion O'Brien]], [[Elaine Schreiber]] <ref name=results/> <br/>
+'''Women''' - [[Daphne Ceeney]], [[Marion O'Brien]], [[Elaine Schreiber]]<ref name=results/> <br/>
 Australia won 1 gold and 3 bronze medals.
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 {{see also|Table tennis at the 1980 Summer Paralympics}}
 Australia represented by: <br/>
-'''Men''' – Donald Dann, [[Peter Marsh (athlete)|Peter Marsh]], [[John Martin (Paralympian)|John Martin]], John Sheil, [[Charlie Tapscott]] <ref name=results/> <br/>
+'''Men''' – Donald Dann, [[Peter Marsh (athlete)|Peter Marsh]], [[John Martin (Paralympian)|John Martin]], John Sheil, [[Charlie Tapscott]]<ref name=results/> <br/>
 Australia did not win any medals.
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 {{see also|Table tennis at the 1984 Summer Paralympics}}
 Australia represented by: <br/>
-'''Men''' – [[Terry Biggs]], [[Paul Croft]], Joe Marlow, Errol Smith <ref name=results/>
+'''Men''' – [[Terry Biggs]], [[Paul Croft]], [[Garry Croker]] Joe Marlow, Errol Smith <ref name=results/>
+'''Women''' – Carmel Williams
 Australian won a gold medal through Terry Biggs performance.
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 {{see also|Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Paralympics}}
 Australia represented by: <br/>
-'''Men''' – Geoffrey Barden, Marcel Bucello, [[Paul Croft]], [[Gary Croker]],  Jeremy Halloran, Craig Parson, John Sheil, Ian Simpson <br/>
+'''Men''' – Geoffrey Barden, Marcel Bucello, [[Paul Croft]], [[Garry Croker]],  Jeremy Halloran, Craig Parson, John Sheil, Ian Simpson <br/>
 '''Women''' – Carmel Williams<ref name=results/> <br/>
 Australia did not win any medals.
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 Australia represented by: <br/> '''Women''' - Rebecca Julian, Sarah Lazzaro <br/>
-'''Officials''' - Head Coach - Brian Berry, Section Manager - Barbara Talbot  Catherine Morrow was selected but withdrew from the team.<ref>{{cite book|title=Media Guide Beijing 2008|year=2008|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|location=Sydney|url=https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/625298/Beijing_Paralympics.pdf|access-date=2015-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222143507/https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/625298/Beijing_Paralympics.pdf|archive-date=2015-12-22|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Annual Report 2007-2008|year=2008|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|location=Sydney}}</ref>
+'''Officials''' - Head Coach - Brian Berry, Section Manager - Barbara Talbot  Catherine Morrow was selected but withdrew from the team.<ref>{{cite book|title=Media Guide Beijing 2008|year=2008|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|location=Sydney|url=https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/625298/Beijing_Paralympics.pdf|access-date=2015-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222143507/https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/625298/Beijing_Paralympics.pdf|archive-date=2015-12-22|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Annual Report 2007-2008|year=2008|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|location=Sydney}}</ref>
 Australia did not win any medals.
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 Australia represented by: <br/> '''Women'''- [[Melissa Tapper]], [[Rebecca McDonnell]] <br/>
-'''Officials''' - Head Coach - Alois Rosario ; Team Leader - Roger Massie  <br/> <ref>{{cite book|title=Media Guide : London 2012 Paralympic Games|year=2012|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|location=Sydney|url=http://london2012.paralympic.org.au/sites/london2012.paralympic.org.au/files/uploads/APC_London%20Paralympic%20Media%20Guide%202012_Web.pdf|access-date=2013-03-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307153123/http://www.london2012.paralympic.org.au/sites/london2012.paralympic.org.au/files/uploads/APC_London%20Paralympic%20Media%20Guide%202012_Web.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-07|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref>  <br/>
+'''Officials''' - Head Coach - Alois Rosario ; Team Leader - Roger Massie  <br/> <ref>{{cite book|title=Media Guide : London 2012 Paralympic Games|year=2012|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|location=Sydney|url=http://london2012.paralympic.org.au/sites/london2012.paralympic.org.au/files/uploads/APC_London%20Paralympic%20Media%20Guide%202012_Web.pdf|access-date=2013-03-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307153123/http://www.london2012.paralympic.org.au/sites/london2012.paralympic.org.au/files/uploads/APC_London%20Paralympic%20Media%20Guide%202012_Web.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-07|url-status=dead}}</ref>  <br/>
 Australia did not win any medals.
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 '''Men'''-  [[Barak Mizrachi]] (d), [[Samuel Von Einem]] (d) <br/>
 '''Officials''' - Head Coach - Alois Rosario ; Team Leader - Roger Massie  <br/>
-<ref name=riomedia>{{cite book|title=Media Guide Rio 2016 Paralympic Games|date=2016|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|location=Sydney|url=https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/697993/APC_Rio_2016_Media_Guide_FINAL_low_res.pdf|accessdate=21 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920053408/https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/697993/APC_Rio_2016_Media_Guide_FINAL_low_res.pdf|archive-date=2016-09-20|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref>
+<ref name=riomedia>{{cite book|title=Media Guide Rio 2016 Paralympic Games|date=2016|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|location=Sydney|url=https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/697993/APC_Rio_2016_Media_Guide_FINAL_low_res.pdf|accessdate=21 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920053408/https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/697993/APC_Rio_2016_Media_Guide_FINAL_low_res.pdf|archive-date=2016-09-20|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 [[Samuel Von Einem|Sam Von Einem]] in winning the silver medal won Australia's first medal since [[Terry Biggs]] won gold in 1984.
 '''(d)'''= Paralympic Games debut

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Summer	Athletics Cycling Goalball (M F) Powerlifting Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Table Tennis Wheelchair basketball (M F) Wheelchair rugby Wheelchair tennis
Winter	Jindabyne Winter Academy of Sport Alpine skiing Cross-country skiing Slalom
Administration	George Bedbrook Adrienne Smith Ron Finneran Greg Hartung Brendan Flynn Australian Paralympic Committee Wheelchair Sports Association of South Australia
Lists	Medallists Tasmanians