Kelly van Zon is a Dutch

Dutch

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 table tennis

Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

 player competing in both disabled and able-bodied

Able-bodied

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 competitions. She currently plays for Dutch

Dutch

Dutch usually refers to:*Something from or related to the Netherlands*Dutch people, people from the Netherlands or their descendants*Dutch language, spoken in the Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Maarten, and Sint Eustatius.* Something associated with German, ...

 club TTV SKF in Veenendaal.

General Interest

Van Zon began playing table tennis

Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

 at the age of nine at TTV BSM Dongen. She made her international debut at the 2002 Malmö Open in Sweden. Due to a functional disability of her left hip and leg she competes in Class 7 competitions. Besides competing at a top level in table tennis

Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

, she studies Marketing and Communication at Johan Cruijff College in Nijmegen, which allows her to successfully combine sport and studies. Van Zon's old club in Dongen

Dongen

Dongen is a municipality and a village in the southern Netherlands. In the past it was home to a profitable Leather industry, to which a few old shoe factories in the town's older sections still testify. The town is formed near a small river called "Donge" , the water of which was used extensively...

 named their practice hall after her, the Kelly Van Zon Sportszaal.

By winning the title at the 2011 European Championships in Split

Split

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, Croatia

Croatia

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 she qualified directly for the London 2012 Paralympics.

World Championships

2006 Montreux, Switzerland: Women's Singles Class 6/7

2010 Gwangju, Korea: Women's Singles Class 7

European Championships

2007 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia: Women's Singles Class 6/7

2009 Genoa, Italy: Women's Team Class 6–8

2005 Liso di Jeolo, Italy: Women's Singles Class 6/7

2011 Split, Croatia: Women's Team Class 6/7

2009 European Championships, Genoa: Women's Singles Class 6/7

2011 European Championships, Split: Women's Singles Class 7

External links

• http://www.kellyvanzon.nl