Stanisław Frączyk | |
Nickname: | Stani |
Birth Date: | 2 December 1952 |
Birth Place: | Łódź, Poland |
Residence: | Stockerau, Austria--> |
Retired: | 2016 |
Height: | 184cm |
Sport: | Para table tennis |
Disability: | Heine Medina disease |
Disability Class: | C9 |
Show-Medals: | no |
Stanisław Frączyk (born 2 December 1952)[1] is a retired Austrian-Polish para table tennis player. He is a triple Paralympic champion, a triple World champion, an eleven-time European champion and three time Polish national champion.[2] [3]
He has a medical condition called Heine-Medina disease which is caused his right leg to be five centimetres short than his left leg, he plays with a splint on his right leg. He was encouraged to play the sport by his older brother Zbiginiew Frączyk who is also a table tennis player who played at national level. [4] [5]