Alexa Szvitacs
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| Born | 1 August 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Tarsal tunnel syndrome | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | C9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alexa Szvitacs (born 1 August 1990) is a Hungarian para table tennis player and former World Junior bronze medalist.[1][2]
Illness
[edit]In August 2018, Szvitacs suddenly fell ill at home with a high fever and nausea. Her brother phoned for an ambulance and took her to hospital in Debrecen for life saving surgery. She developed toxic shock syndrome which resulted in the amputation of her left forearm and all of her toes and was diagnosed with tarsal tunnel syndrome, she was in rehabilitation for months afterwards.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Alexa Szvitacs - IPTTF Profile". International Para Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Para table tennis gives Alexa Szvitacs newfound hope". International Paralympic Committee. 29 October 2019. Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Support Alexa Szvitacs, suffering life threatening illness". International Table Tennis Federation. 30 November 2018. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Rettenetes betegség támadta meg a magyar sportolónőt: amputálni kellett a bal alkarját" [A terrible disease attacked the Hungarian athlete: her left forearm had to be amputated]. Egyeni - Blikk.hu (in Hungarian). 21 December 2018. Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
External links
[edit]- Alexa Szvitacs at ITTF Para Table Tennis
- Alexa Szvitacs at the International Paralympic Committee
- Alexa Szvitacs at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link)
- Szvitacs Alexa at Magyar Paralimpiai Bizottság (in Hungarian)
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- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
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