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Sporting Witness: Natalia Partyka - Youngest paralympian

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29/10/2020 GMT

Natalia Partyka - Youngest paralympian

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, Natalia Partyka - Youngest paralympian

The Polish table tennis champion who began her Paralympic career aged just 11.

In 2000, Poland’s Natalia Partyka became the youngest ever athlete to take part in the Paralympic Games when she competed in the table tennis tournament in Sydney at the age of 11.  Now established as one of the greatest para-athletes of all time, she’s gone on to win five gold medals and also to take part in competitions for able-bodied athletes, including the London 2012 Olympics. She talks to Steve Hankey about her remarkable career. The programme is a Whistledown Production.

PHOTO: Natalia Partyka at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing (AFP)

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