Thomas Matthews (table tennis) explained
Thomas "Tom" Matthews (born 19 August 1992) is a British Paralympic table tennis player.[1] At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the Men's individual class 1 event. Matthews is also a European champion and a World bronze medalist.[2] [3]
In 2009, Matthews was a very keen mountain biker, he went out for a bike ride with his uncle and a friend. Matthews went over the handle bars and broke his neck after going down a mountain too fast. While in rehabilitation in Rookwood Hospital, he was encouraged to try table tennis by Welsh para table tennis Paralympic medalist James Munkley when Munkley was visiting hospital wards in Wales and then Matthews joined the Welsh table tennis team in 2013 and competed internationally a year later.[4]
Notes and References
- Web site: Table Tennis - MATTHEWS Thomas . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . . 29 August 2021 . 29 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210829100123/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/table-tennis/athlete-profile-n1698417-matthews-thomas.htm . live .
- Web site: 1 September 2021 . Thomas Matthews - IPTTC Profile . live . 1 September 2021 . IPTTC.org . International Para Table Tennis Federation . https://web.archive.org/web/20210901162246/http://stats.ipttc.org/en/profiles/4598 .
- Web site: 28 August 2021 . It's Super Saturday as our GB Para Table Tennis Players Shine in Tokyo! . live . 1 September 2021 . tabletennis.wales . Table Tennis Wales . https://web.archive.org/web/20210901162249/https://tabletennis.wales/its-super-saturday-as-our-gb-para-table-tennis-players-shine-in-tokyo/ .
- Web site: 1 September 2021 . Grassroots to Glory - Tom Matthews . live . 1 September 2021 . lotterygoodcauses.org.uk . . https://web.archive.org/web/20210901162251/https://www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/stories/grassroots-to-glory-tom-matthews .
