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David Wetherill (born 22 December 1989) is a British international
table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...
player who has the rare bone development disorder
multiple epiphyseal dysplasia Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia (MED), also known as Fairbank's disease, is a rare genetic disorder (dominant form: 1 in 10,000 births) that affects the growing ends of bones. Long bones normally elongate by expansion of cartilage in the growth pl ...
. Wetherill's hometown is
Torpoint Torpoint () is a town and civil parish on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated opposite the city of Plymouth across the Hamoaze which is the tidal estuary of the River Tamar. Torpoint had a populatio ...
,
Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...
. Wetherill completed his bachelor's degree in
Biological Chemistry Biochemistry, or biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology, a ...
at the
University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a public university, public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Fir ...
in 2011. He has represented Great Britain at three international Paralympic Games, the first being Beijing in 2008 followed by London in 2012 and Rio in 2016. He finished in the top 8 in the 2008 games and was knocked out after his second game in 2012. Wetherill won a bronze medal in the singles and a silver medal in the team event at the 2015 European Championships. Wetherill has also shown support for charities such as 'Do It For You' Day for cancer patients at the
Sheffield Children's Hospital The Sheffield Children's Hospital is a healthcare facility for children in Broomhill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It is managed by the Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital first opened on 15 November 1876 ...
and a fundraiser for Young Kisharon.


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English male table tennis players People from Torpoint Living people 1989 births Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Alumni of the University of Sheffield 21st-century English sportsmen {{UK-tabletennis-bio-stub