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 2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Tapper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 March 1990 Hamilton, Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Table Tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Melissa Tapper (born 1 March 1990) is an Australian table tennis player. After competing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she represented Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in elite non-Paralympic competition.[2] In March 2016, she became the first Australian athlete to qualify for both the Summer Olympics and Summer Paralympics.[3]
She qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She competed with Jian Fang Lay and Michelle Bromley in the women's team event but they were defeated by Germany 3-0 in the round of 16.[4] At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics Tapper won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics in the Women's Team C9-10 and competed the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics.
- ^ a b "Melissa Tapper". rio2016.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 27 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "Tapper wins spot on able-bodies Glasgow team". The Warrnambool Standard. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ "Aussie table tennis player Melissa Tapper makes Olympic and Paralympic history". Sydney Morning Herald. 29 March 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 14 March 2022.