Julien Soyer
French para table tennis player
![]() Soyer at the 2005 European Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1978-03-04) 4 March 1978 (age 46) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Nantes, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Polio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | C8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Julien Soyer (born 4 March 1978)[1] is a former para table tennis player from India who competed for France in international level events.[2] He contracted polio aged six months old and had his right leg amputated; he would wear a complete prosthetic when competing in table tennis events. After his retirement from sport, he works as a sports journalist.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - Official Results Book". ipc-services.org. International Paralympic Committee. 19 September 2004.
- ^ "Julien Soyer - IPTTF Profile". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Rencontre avec Julien Soyer, ancien pongiste handisport et medaille aux Jeux Paralympiques". La Manufacture (in French). 26 November 2019.
- ^ "Paralympiques. Carnet de campagne olympique d'un envoye special". ouest-france.fr (in French). 20 September 2012.
External links
- Julien Soyer at the International Paralympic Committee
- Julien Soyer at France Paralympique (in French)
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