About Thomas Matthews
Born 1992. Thomas Matthews is a table tennis player.
Thomas "Tom" Matthews (born 19 August 1992) is a British Paralympic table tennis player. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the Men's individual class 1 event.
In 2009, Matthews was a very keen mountain biker, he went out for a bike ride with his uncle and a friend. Matthews went over the handle bars and broke his neck after going down a mountain too fast. While in rehabilitation in Rookwood Hospital, he was encouraged to try table tennis by Welsh para table tennis Paralympic medalist James Munkley when Munkley was visiting hospital wards in Wales and then Matthews joined the Welsh table tennis team in 2013 and competed internationally a year later.
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Who is Thomas Matthews?
British Paralympic table tennis player
When was Thomas Matthews born?
Thomas Matthews was born on 19 August 1992 in Merthyr Tydfil.
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Thomas Matthews is a table tennis player.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Thomas Matthews. https://biography.guide/thomas-matthews-table-tennis-player/
MLA: "Thomas Matthews." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/thomas-matthews-table-tennis-player/.
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