Wheelchair tennis at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
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Wheelchair tennis at the 1996 Summer Paralympics | |
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Date | 16–25 August |
Edition | 2nd |
Location | Stone Mountain Tennis Center |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Ricky Molier | |
Women's singles | |
Maaike Smit | |
Men's doubles | |
Stephen Welch / Vance Parmelly | |
Women's doubles | |
Chantal Vandierendonck / Monique Kalkman-Van Den Bosch |
Wheelchair tennis at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of four events, singles and doubles competitions for men and women.
Medal summary[edit]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles | Ricky Molier Netherlands | Stephen Welch United States | David Hall Australia |
Men's doubles | United States (USA) Stephen Welch Vance Parmelly | Australia (AUS) David Hall Mick Connell | Netherlands (NED) Eric Stuurman Ricky Molier |
Women's singles | Maaike Smit Netherlands | Monique Kalkman-Van Den Bosch Netherlands | Chantal Vandierendonck Netherlands |
Women's doubles | Netherlands (NED) Chantal Vandierendonck Monique Kalkman-Van Den Bosch | United States (USA) Hope Lewellen Nancy Olson | France (FRA) Oristelle Marx Arlette Racineux |
Source: Paralympic.org [1]
Participating nations[edit]
- Australia (4)
- Austria (4)
- Belgium (1)
- Brazil (2)
- Canada (2)
- Finland (2)
- France (5)
- Germany (5)
- Great Britain (4)
- Hungary (2)
- Israel (4)
- Italy (2)
- Japan (4)
- Mexico (2)
- Netherlands (5)
- New Zealand (2)
- Poland (2)
- Russia (2)
- South Korea (2)
- Spain (2)
- Sweden (2)
- Switzerland (4)
- Thailand (2)
- United States (6)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Medallists, 1996 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair tennis". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 1996. Retrieved 2012-11-01.