Julien Soyer
 Soyer at the 2005 European Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 March 1978 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Nantes, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Polio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | C8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Julien Soyer (born 4 March 1978)[1] is a former para table tennis player from India who competed for France in international level events.[2] He contracted polio aged six months old and had his right leg amputated; he would wear a complete prosthetic when competing in table tennis events. After his retirement from sport, he works as a sports journalist.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - Official Results Book". ipc-services.org. International Paralympic Committee. 19 September 2004.
- ^ "Julien Soyer - IPTTF Profile". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Rencontre avec Julien Soyer, ancien pongiste handisport et medaille aux Jeux Paralympiques". La Manufacture (in French). 26 November 2019.
- ^ "Paralympiques. Carnet de campagne olympique d'un envoye special". ouest-france.fr (in French). 20 September 2012.
External links
[edit]- Julien Soyer at the International Paralympic Committee
- Julien Soyer at France Paralympique (in French)
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