Florian Van Acker
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Nickname(s) | Flo Flo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Zalău, Romania | 28 February 1997|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Autism | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | C11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Nico Vergeylen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Florian Van Acker (born 28 February 1997) is a Belgian para table tennis player who competes in international level events. He is a Paralympic champion, World champion and double European champion in the men's singles. He is trained by former World and Paralympic champion Nico Vergeylen.[1][2]
Van Acker is autistic and intellectually disabled.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Florian Van Acker - IPTTF Profile". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 10 September 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Florian is world champion and "happiest man in the world" (in Dutch)". www.hln.be. 23 October 2018.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Lerouge, Marc. "Florian Van Acker medaillekandidaat op de Paralympics in Rio". Sporta Magazine (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
Categories:
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Paralympic table tennis players of Belgium
- Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- People on the autism spectrum
- People with intellectual impairment
- Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics