2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Tapper
Personal information
Nationality
Australian
Born
(1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 (age 34) Hamilton, Victoria
Height
166 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight
65 kg (143 lb)[1]
Sport
Country
Australia
Sport
Table Tennis
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing Australia
Paralympic Games
2020 Tokyo
Team Class 9-10
World Para Table Tennis Championships
2014 Beijing
Singles SF10
2018 Lasko-Celje
Singles SF10
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast
Singles TT6–10
2014 Glasgow
Team
Oceania Championships
2008 Papeete
Doubles
2014 Bendigo
Doubles
Melissa Tapper (born 1 March 1990) is an Australian table tennis player. After competing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she represented Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in elite non-Paralympic competition.[2] In March 2016, she became the first Australian athlete to qualify for both the Summer Olympics and Summer Paralympics.[3]
She qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She competed with Jian Fang Lay and Michelle Bromley in the women's team event but they were defeated by Germany 3-0 in the round of 16.[4] Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics details the results in depth.
At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics Tapper won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics in the Women's Team C9-10.
^ ab"Melissa Tapper". rio2016.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 27 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
^"Tapper wins spot on able-bodies Glasgow team". The Warrnambool Standard. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^"Aussie table tennis player Melissa Tapper makes Olympic and Paralympic history". Sydney Morning Herald. 29 March 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
^"Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
MelissaTapper (born 1 March 1990) is an Australian table tennis player. After competing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she represented Australia at the...
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Keogh Table tennis Barak Mizrachi Samuel Von Einem Daniela Di Toro MelissaTapper Andrea McDonnell Wheelchair basketball Josh Allison Jannik Blair Adam...
Keogh Table tennis Barak Mizrachi Samuel Von Einem Daniela Di Toro MelissaTapper Andrea McDonnell Wheelchair basketball Josh Allison Jannik Blair Adam...
Keogh Table tennis Barak Mizrachi Samuel Von Einem Daniela Di Toro MelissaTapper Andrea McDonnell Wheelchair basketball Josh Allison Jannik Blair Adam...
Result Opposition Result Rank Hayley Sands Individual C1–2 Daniela Di Toro Individual C4 Lei Lina Individual C9 Yang Qian Individual C10 MelissaTapper...
Nemati (IRI) Wheelchair user 2012 London 2016 Rio Archery 2016 Rio Archery MelissaTapper (AUS) Nerve damage in right arm 2012 London 2016 Rio 2020 Tokyo Para...
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sports, but as her eyesight deteriorated, she settled on swimming. She uses tappers to alert her when she is approaching the end of the pool. She initially...
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Keogh Table tennis Barak Mizrachi Samuel Von Einem Daniela Di Toro MelissaTapper Andrea McDonnell Wheelchair basketball Josh Allison Jannik Blair Adam...
Keogh Table tennis Barak Mizrachi Samuel Von Einem Daniela Di Toro MelissaTapper Andrea McDonnell Wheelchair basketball Josh Allison Jannik Blair Adam...
spots in the men's singles, while Olympic veteran Lay Jian Fang and MelissaTapper, the first Australian to compete at both Olympics and Paralympics, did...
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she regularly needs to have excess fluid on the brain removed via a spinal tap. The calcium build-up behind her eyes causes drusen which will one day lead...
Poland 4-0 in the first round. She also competed with Jian Fang Lay and MelissaTapper in the women's team event but were defeated by Germany 3-0 in the round...
Oceania Para Table Tennis Championships in Bendigo, she was defeated by MelissaTapper in the Class 6–10 final. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, McDonnell did...
advance to the round of 16. She also competed with Michelle Bromley and MelissaTapper in the women's team event but were defeated by Germany 3-0 in the round...
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