Aaron McKibbin

Table Tennis

Region

London (Wandsworth)
Date of Birth

26/08/1991
Classification

Class 8 singles and class 8 team

Bio

Aaron was born with bilateral talipese (club foot) and had corrective surgery from the age of one week old. He played tennis from the age of four to 14 before taking up table tennis at school. He won a bronze medal in the men’s class 6-8 team event at the London 2012 Paralympic Games and four years later in Rio won the deciding singles match against world champions China to secure bronze again in the men’s class 6-8 team. He enjoyed his best season in 2019, breaking into the world’s top 10 in men’s class 8 for the first time with singles medals in Slovenia, Poland and Japan and reaching his first major final, taking silver in the men’s class 8 team event at the European Championships with Ross Wilson and Billy Shilton.

At Tokyo 2020 he secured another bronze medal after he and team-mates Ross Wilson and Billy Shilton defeated Hungary in their quarter-final before losing to China in the semi-finals.

Career highlights

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

men’s teams (class 6-8) bronze

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

men’s teams (class 6-8) bronze

London 2012 Paralympic Games

men’s teams (class 6-8) bronze

2019: European Championships, Sweden – silver, men’s teams (class 8)

Polish Open – gold, men’s teams (class 8)

2017: European Championships, Lasko, Slovenia – bronze, men’s teams (class 8)

Slovenia Open – silver, men’s singles (class 8)

2015: China Open - gold, men’s singles (class 8)

European Championships, Vejle, Denmark - bronze, men’s teams (class 8)

2014: World Championships, Beijing, China - last 16, men’s singles (class 8)

2013: European Championships, Lignano, Italy - last 16, men’s singles (class 8)

Slovenian Open - gold, men’s teams (class 8)

2012: China Para TT Open - gold, men’s teams (class 8)

2011: European Championships, Split, Croatia - 4th, men’s singles (class 8)

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