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Jake
Ballestrino

Para-table tennis

Australian Paralympian Jake Ballestrino

Key Facts

Date of Birth
27 July 1991
Currently resides
Seabrook, VIC
Start competing
2012
Australian debut
2013
Impairment
Physical Impairment – Limb deficiency
Australian Paralympian Jake Ballestrino

Jake 's Story

Table Tennis Australia could hardly have named a better candidate to be Co-Captain of the 2020 national Para-squad than Jake Ballestrino, who joined Milly Tapper in the role. The 30-year-old, who was born with an upper limb deficiency, took up Para-table tennis in 2012, representing Australia for the first time just a year later at the age of 20. He began playing right-handed but, after he broke his arm and started playing left-handed, he decided to never go back. In 2017, he claimed the silver medal in the men’s singles C6 at the Oceania Championships – a feat which he …

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Major Partners

  • AIS
  • Aus Gov
  • Toyota
  • Woolworths
  • Royal Australian Mint
  • Bupa

Official Partners

  • Allianz
  • Citi
  • Qantas
  • icare
  • Harvey Norman
  • Cadbury
  • Jumbo
  • NDSP
  • Nine
  • University of Queensland
  • QMS
  • News Corp Australia
  • McDonalds
  • RACV Resorts
  • Westfield