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Final announcement for the Para National Team will be posted on February 15, 2013.
2013 National Para Team Procedures
Each National Para Team member must:
- Have a current classification card issued by ITTF,
- Be a US Citizen & a current member in good standing of USA Table Tennis
- Have participated in at least one ITTF Para Event or USATT event (3‐5 star level) to demonstrate recent activity in 2012.
- Sign the USATT/USOC Code of Conduct agreement
- Join the USADA out of competition testing pool
1st criteria (Elite) for being named to US Para National Team
- Class Singles Winner of the recent Pan Am Games/Championships
- Event Singles Winner of one ITTF PTT class 40 point tournament (in 2012)
- Event Singles Winner of two ITTF PTT class 20 point tournaments (in 2012)
- Class Singles Medalist of the recent Pan Am Games/Championships
- Event Singles Medalist of one ITTF PTT class 40 point tournament (in 2012)
- Event Singles Winner of one ITTF PTT class 20 point tournament (in 2012)
2nd Criteria Paralympic Competitive Analysis - View Analysis (new)
Based on the number of athletes that have qualified from criteria 1, the remaining team members will qualify on a competitive level equation within each of their classes. To determine the level of Paralympic competitiveness, the player should divide their current ITTF rating points by that of the #1 rated player in their class to get a percentage. The athletes with the highest percentage will be placed on the team in their rank order. View Current ITTF Para Ratings.
2013 US Table Tennis National Para Team Nominees:
- Tahl Leibovitz
- Pam Fontaine
- Andre Scott
- Lim Ming Chui - Pending results of Ethics Case 2012-2013 to the USATT Board of Directors
- Ari Arratia
- Wayne Lo
- Daryl Sterling, Jr.
- Sherri Umscheid
Should a vacancy develop on the 2013 Para National Team, that vacancy will be filled by the next highest listed athlete on the Alternates list below.
Alternates:
- Samuel Huang
- Jennifer Johnson
- Stuart Caplin
- Tara Proffit
- James Segrest, Jr.
- Emmanuel Shiu
- Sebastian DeFrancesco
- Mike Godfrey
- Doyle Harbaugh
- Gabriel Diaz De Leon
- Mohan Vallabhapurapu
- Jenson Van Emburgh
2013 Para National Team Requirements:
- Sign the USATT/USOC Code of Conduct agreement
- Join the USADA out of competition testing pool
- Participation in all official Para National Team camps when funded by the USATT.
2013 US Table Tennis National Junior Para Team: