Ross Wilson

Table Tennis

Region

Minster
Date of Birth

04/06/1995
Classification

Men’s class 8 singles & men’s class 8 team

Bio

Ross first played table tennis while on holiday at Center Parcs and a watching member of staff, noting the Arsenal shirt he was wearing, christened him the Thierry Henry of table tennis. His natural skill brought him success in abled bodied table tennis and as a junior he was ranked in the top ten in the country, winning two National doubles titles.

However, as he got older it became clear that some physical problem was affecting his development and in 2011 he was diagnosed with multiple epiphyseal dysplasia, which affects the growing ends of the bones. Ross won bronze in the men’s class 6-8 team event in London 2012 at the age of just 17 and overcame a series of injuries and two years out of the sport to qualify for Rio 2016 and take bronze again in the men’s class 6-8 team.

In April 2018 he won gold in the men’s class 6-10 singles at the Commonwealth Games in Australia and in October 2018 became World champion after beating the double Paralympic champion from China in the final.

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

He returned to the Commonwealth scene in 2022 to secure a singles bronze for England before repeating the same feat the World Championships in Spain along with a team silver.

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

**2023 European Championships, Sheffield, England **

Team - Class 8: Silver

**2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham, England **

Singles - Class 8-10: Bronze

**2022 World Championships, Spain **

Singles - Class 8: Bronze
Team - Class 8: Silver

**2019 European Championships, Sweden **

Team - Class 8: Silver

**2018 World Championships, Celje, Slovenia **

Singles - Class 8: Gold

**2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia **

Singles (class 6-10): Gold

**2017 European Championships, Slovenia **

Singles - Class 8: Bronze
Team - Class 8: Bronze

**2015 European Championships, Vejle, Denmark **

Team - Class 8: Bronze

2011 European Championships, Split, Croatia

Singles - Class 8 Silver

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