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Until the 2024 Games, only two women competed in the event, the Dutch Monique de Beer and the Canadian Sarah Hunter, both competed in 2004 and 2008, but the Dutch is still the only woman to win a medal at the Paralympics, a bronze in the doubles event in 2004. Current events. Men's singles; Men's doubles; Women's singles; Women's doubles; Quad ...
A maximum of eight qualification slots (4 male, 4 female) can be allocated to men's and women's singles events respectively. A maximum of three in the quads' class. A maximum of two men's or women's teams to represent the doubles' events. One team, of mixed gender, is eligible to compete in the quads doubles.
Wheelchair tennis events at the 2016 Summer Paralympics were held between 8 and 16 September at Olympic Tennis Centre, Rio. This was the seventh full Paralympic wheelchair tennis competition since the event was introduced in 1992, having been a demonstration event in 1988.
The U.S. Olympic Team for the 2024 Paris Olympics has officially been announced.. With just 16 days to go until the opening ceremony, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee announced 592 ...
The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) released the full, 225-member team roster on Monday. Team USA will have 110 male and 110 female Paralympic athletes — plus five guides ...
The women's singles wheelchair tennis tournament at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo is held at the Ariake Tennis Park in Kōtō, Tokyo from 28 August and 3 September 2021. [ 1 ] The reigning champion was Jiske Griffioen , who was not defending her title, having retired in 2017.
Wheelchair tennis first entered the Summer Paralympic Games in 1988 as a demonstration sport and as a full medal sport at the 1992 Barcelona Games. [1] Australia has competed at every Paralympic wheelchair tennis competition. There are two categories of medals - open division and quad division. [1] Notable Australian performances:
Lucy Jessica Shuker [1] BEM (born 28 May 1980 [2]) is a British wheelchair tennis player [3] who is currently the highest ranked woman in the sport in Britain. [4] [5] A previous singles and doubles National Champion, Shuker has represented Great Britain at four successive Paralympic Games, twice winning a bronze medal in the women's doubles and is former world doubles champion and World Team ...