Nico Vergeylen (born 6 December 1968)[1] is a retired Belgian para table tennis player who competed in international level events. He was a Paralympic champion, double World silver medalist and six-time European medalist. He has won most of his team titles alongside Marc Ledoux and Mathieu Loicq.[2][3][4]
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| Nickname | Nicky Boy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 December 1968 (age 56) Waasmunster, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Sint-Niklaas, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | C8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vergeylen is now a table tennis coach who trains Florian Van Acker.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - Official Results Book". ipc-services.org. International Paralympic Committee. 19 September 2004.
- ^ "Nico Vergeylen - IPTTF Profile". International Para Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Nico Vergeylen in gallery of honour". hln.be (in Dutch). 6 April 2016.
- ^ "Nico Vergeylen - IPC Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Florian number one in the world (in Dutch)". hln.be. 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Golden Victor for Nico Vergeylen (in Dutch)". nieuwsblad.be. 31 January 2017.