Aida Dahlen
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Born | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 October 1990||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | Class 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Randesund IL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Jan Betgersen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aida Husić Dahlen (born October 5, 1990) is a Norwegian para table tennis player, she is currently world number two in her sports class 8. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's individual class 8, winning a bronze medal.[1]
Life[]
Dahlen was born without a left forearm and has a below-knee amputation on her left leg.[2] Dahlen was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina before the outbreak of the Bosnian War in 1992. She was adopted by Norwegian parents at the age of six.[3]
She took up table tennis at the age of 12 after being encouraged by a friend, and first competed internationally in 2008 at the age of 18.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Table Tennis DAHLEN Aida - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". .. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "IPTTC Profile – Aida Dahlen". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 4 June 2019.
- ^ "Aida heard about table tennis when she was 12 years old. Now she is number two in the world (in Norwegian)". nrk.no. 1 November 2015.
- ^ "My Way to Olympia". archive.pov.org. 7 July 2014.
Categories:
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Norway
- Sportspeople from Oslo
- Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics