Aida Dahlen Explained

Full Name:	Aida Husić Dahlen
Nationality:	Norwegian
Birth Date:	5 October 1990
Birth Place:	Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height:	170 cm
Sport:	Para table tennis
Disability Class:	Class 8
Club:	Randesund IL
Coach:	Jan Betgersen

Aida Husić Dahlen (born 5 October 1990) is a Norwegian para table tennis player, she is currently world number two in her sports class 8. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's individual class 8, winning a bronze medal.^[1]

Life

Dahlen was born without a left forearm and has a below-knee amputation on her left leg.^[2] Dahlen was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina before the outbreak of the Bosnian War in 1992. She was adopted by Norwegian parents at the age of six.^[3]

She took up table tennis at the age of 12 after being encouraged by a friend, and first competed internationally in 2008 at the age of 18.^[4]

External links

• Aida Dahlen at ITTF Para Table Tennis

Notes and References

1. Web site: Table Tennis: DAHLEN Aida . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . . 10 September 2021 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210910214652/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/table-tennis/athlete-profile-n1630056-dahlen-aida.htm . 10 September 2021.
2. Web site: Aida Dahlen . IPTTC.org . International Para Table Tennis Federation . 4 June 2019.
3. Web site: Aida heard about table tennis when she was 12 years old. Now she is number two in the world . nrk.no . no . 1 November 2015.
4. Web site: My Way to Olympia . pov.org . 7 July 2014.