Joshua Stacey

Table Tennis

Region

Cardiff
Date of Birth

25/02/2000
Classification

Class 9 singles, class 18 doubles, mixed class 17 doubles

Joshua started playing table tennis at the age of 13 when coach Simon Oyler came to his school and ran a ‘come and try’ session.

He was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy at the age of 17 when a coach suggested that there may be a physical reason for his inability to place the weight fully on his feet and a subsequent MRI scan showed he had damage on one side of his brain.

Josh joined the Para Table Tennis team in 2017, making his international debut at the Belgium Open and six months later, he was selected for his first Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, where he won his first major medal with bronze in the Class 6-10 singles.

The Cardiff athlete made his Paralympic debut at Tokyo 2020, reaching the quarterfinals of the men’s class 9 singles and the quarterfinals of the men’s class 9-10 team with Ashley Facey. In 2022 Joshua won his first major title at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, taking gold for Wales in the men’s class 8-10 singles. He then took silver in the men’s class 9 singles and men’s class 18 doubles at the 2022 World Championships followed by bronze in the men’s class 18 doubles at the 2023 Europeans.

Career Highlights

2020: Polish Open – gold, men’s singles (class 9)

2019: Finland Open – silver, men’s singles (class 9); gold, men’s teams (class 9)

European Championships, Sweden – bronze, men’s teams (class 10); QF, men’s singles (class 9)

Czech Open – silver, men’s singles (class 9); gold, men’s teams (class 9)

Japan Open – gold, men’s teams (class 9)

Lignano Master Open, Italy – silver, men’s singles (class 9); gold, men’s teams (class 10)

2018: Spanish Open – silver, men’s singles (class 9)

Czech Open – gold, men’s singles (class 9); gold, men’s teams (class 10)

Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia – bronze, men’s singles (class 6-10)

Lignano Master Open, Italy – bronze, men’s singles (class 9); gold, men’s teams (class 9-10)

2017: Belgium Open – bronze, men’s singles (class 9); gold, men’s teams (class 9)

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