Melissa Tapper
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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]
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Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 (age 34) 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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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] Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics details the results in depth.
At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics Tapper won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics in the Women's Team C9-10.