Great Britain’s Jack Hunter-Spivey celebrates (Photo courtesy of Slovenia TTA)
One place in Tokyo available in each class; following three days of intense competition at the Paralympic World Qualification Tournament, on Saturday 5th June, in the Slovenian city of Lasko, the 21 successful players were announced.
Class 1 to class 5 for wheelchair athletes, class 6 to class 10 for standing players; the lower the number the more severe the disability, class 11 for those with an intellectual impairment.
In total 11 classes for men, 10 for women; the reason for the one less number for women being that class 1 and class 2 were combined.
Qualifiers – Men
MS1 Dmitry Lavrov (Russia)
MS2 Thirayu Chueawong (Thailand)
MS3 Vladimir Toporkov (Russia)
MS4 Boris Travincek (Slovakia)
MS5 Jack Spivey-Hunter (Great Britain)
MS6 Matteo Parenzan (Italy)
MS7 Maksym Chudzicki (Poland)
MS8 Clément Berthier (France)
MS9 Ivan Main (Ukraine)
MS10 Gilles de la Bourdonnaye (France)
MS11 Koya Kato (Japan)
Qualifiers – Women
WS1/2 Aino Tapola (Finland)
WS3 Nergiz Altintas (Turkey)
WS4 Sue Gilroy (Great Britain)
WS5 Panwas Sringam (Thailand)
WS6 Moon Sungkeum (Korea Republic)
WS7 Nora Korneliussen (Norway)
WS8 Zsofia Arloy (Hungary)
WS9 Jennyfer Marques (Brazil)
WS10 Merve Demir (Turkey)
WS11 Lea Ferney (France)