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Jack Hunter-Spivey

Table Tennis

Date of Birth

11 May 1995

Age

27

Place of Birth

Liverpool

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Jack Hunter-Spivey will get the home Games chance he always dreamed of at Birmingham 2022, the latest chapter in his inspiring sporting story.

Born in a deprived area of Liverpool, he was deaf and blind until nine months old.

Hunter-Spivey was playing table tennis in a youth club in Widnes when London won the bid for the 2012 Paralympics - and he narrowly missed out on competing there.

Ten years on, he will take the adoration of a home crowd as a Paralympic medallist having scooped individual bronze in men's class 5 at his second Games in Tokyo.

Hunter-Spivey, described as a ‘warrior on the table’, has also overcome serious mental health issues in his journey to the summit of his sport.

Table Tennis
The first medal of the Games in Table Tennis was a Men's Team bronze.

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