Kelly van Zon
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Nationality | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Dongen, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Oosterhout, Netherlands | 15 September 1987|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing style | Shakehand, offensive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club | , Veenendaal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kelly van Zon (born 15 September 1987 in Oosterhout, Netherlands) is a Dutch table tennis player competing in both disabled and able-bodied competitions. She currently plays for Dutch club in Veenendaal. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's individual class 7, winning a gold medal, and in , winning a silver medal.[1]
General Interest[]
Van Zon began playing table tennis at the age of nine[2] at . She made her international debut at the 2002 Malmö Open in Sweden. Due to a functional disability of her left hip and leg she competes in Class 7 competitions. Besides competing at a top level in table tennis, she studies Marketing and Communication at Johan Cruijff College in Nijmegen, which allows her to successfully combine sport and studies. Van Zon's old club in Dongen named their practice hall after her, the Kelly Van Zon Sportszaal.[3]
By winning the title at the 2011 European Championships in Split, Croatia, she qualified directly for the London 2012 Paralympics.[4] On this Paralympic Games, she won gold by defeating the Russian . In 2016, she prolonged her Paralympic title by winning the final and defeating the Turkish Kubra Korkut.[5]
Van Zon was strongly tipped for the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics.[2][6]
Career records[]
Paralympic Games[]
2008 Beijing, China: Women's Singles Class 6/7
2012 London, England: Women's Singles Class 7
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Women's Singles Class 7
World Championships[]
2006 Montreux, Switzerland: Women's Singles Class 6/7
2010 Gwangju, Korea: Women's Singles Class 7
European Championships[]
2005 Liso di Jeolo, Italy: Women's Singles Class 6/7
2007 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia: Women's Singles Class 6/7
2009 European Championships, Genoa: Women's Singles Class 6/7
2009 Genoa, Italy: Women's Team Class 6–8
2011 European Championships, Split: Women's Singles Class 7[7]
2011 Split, Croatia: Women's Team Class 6/7
References[]
- ^ "Table Tennis van ZON Kelly - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". .. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Sport Week: Ones to watch for Para table tennis". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ http://ttv-bsm.nl/ Homepage TTV BSM (accessed 16-11-2011).
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Qualification criteria for the 2012 Paralympic Games (accessed 15-11-2011).
- ^ "Dutch table tennis star Kelly van Zon ready for the unknown at Tokyo 2020". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "Kelly van Zon guides Netherlands to final". International Table Tennis Federation. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ http://www.ipttc.org/players/women/kelly_van_zon/index.htm ITTF Para Table Tenis – Kelly Van Zon (accessed 14-11-2011).
External links[]
- 1987 births
- Dutch female table tennis players
- Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic table tennis players of the Netherlands
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in table tennis
- Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Paralympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- People from Dongen
- People from Oosterhout
- Living people
- Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics