Joel Coughlan
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Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||
Born | 13 July 1988 | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Table Tennis | |||||||||||||
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Joel Coughlan (born 13 July 1988) is an Australian Paralympic table tennis player.
He represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.[1] He and his teammates Ma Lin and Nathan Pellissier won silver after Australia was defeated by China in the Men's team - class 9-10 gold medal final.[1]
Personal[]
Coughlan was born on 13 July 1988.[2] In 2007, he had a workplace accident in industrial workshop in Rockhampton. Half a tonne of mining equipment fell from a forklift and resulted in him having 3½ toes on his right foot amputated.[3] This led to "19 operations, endless physiotherapy treatment, skin grafting, renal dialysis and a tendon transfer, not to mention suffered a lot of pain".[3] In 2021, he lives in Norman Gardens, Rockhampton and works as a Sales and Service Manager.
Table tennis[]
Coughlan is classified as C10 table tennis player. Prior to his accident, he was a professional table tennis player.[3] He made his international debut at the 2009 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Para-table Tennis Asia and Oceania Championships in Amman, Jordan.[2] At the 2011 ITTF Para-table Tennis Asia and Oceania Championships in Hong Kong, he defeated the world No. 3 in the men’s singles Class 10. He narrowly missed selection to the Australian Paralympic Team for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.[2]
At the 2019 Oceania Para Table Tennis Championships, Darwin, he won the gold medal in the Men’s Singles Class 6-10 and gold medal with Nathan Pellissier in the Class 6-10 Teams.[4]
2020 Summer Paralympics[]
Coughlan was selected to represent Australia in the 2020 Summer Paralympics, held in Tokyo in 2021.[5]
In the opening match of the Men's individual - class 10 event, Coughlan competed against Filip Radovic from Montenegro where he was defeated in a four-game match, three of which were decided by narrow margins.[6] However, he secured a maiden win in the second match against Alabi Olabiyi Olufemi from Nigeria which allowed him to play unsuccessfully against Lian Hao for a spot in the quarter-final.[7]
In the Men's team - class 9-10 event, Australia won silver after Coughlan and teammate Ma Lin were defeated 2-0 by China's duo of Lian Hao and Yi Qing Zhao in the gold medal final.[1][8]
References[]
- ^ a b c Clarke, Allan (10 September 2021). "Couglan clutches silver". CQ Today. Star News Group. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "Joel Coughlan". Paralympics Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Sport star sues after losing toes". The Courier Mail. 20 April 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
- ^ Gillen, Nancy (7 May 2019). "Australia dominate home Oceania Para Table Tennis Championships". Inside The Games. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Para-Table Tennis Squad's Tokyo Build-Up A 'Brilliant Example Of Teamwork'". Paralympics Australia. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ Wadwell, Amy (26 August 2021). "Big wins on opening day of Para-table tennis in Tokyo". Paralympics Australia. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ Wadwell, Amy (27 August 2021). "Ma, Lei And Julian All Advance To Knock-Out Stages". Paralympics Australia. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ Ryan, Lauren (3 September 2021). "Silver Linings Round Out Para-Table Tennis Team's Best Games". Paralympics Australia. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
External links[]
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Paralympic table tennis players of Australia
- Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in table tennis
- Paralympic silver medalists for Australia
- People from Rockhampton