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Matti Launonen (31 May 1944 – 23 March 2019) was a Finnish
para table tennis Para table tennis is a parasports which follows the rules set by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The usual table tennis rules are in effect with slight modifications for wheelchair athletes. Athletes from disability groups can ...
player who competed until his sudden death in 2019. He was one of the first table tennis players to win a world title in the para table tennis championships in
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, Netherlands and a European title in
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, Spain. Launonen was seriously injured aged 18 in a car accident while travelling at more than 80 km/h, the car he was driving had handbrake fault and he couldn't stop the car: the car suddenly turned and rolled around. He had a fall at his home and suffered a leg injury but died at hospital aged 74 in
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Launonen, Matti 2019 deaths Paralympic table tennis players for Finland Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics 1944 births Finnish expatriates in the United States Paralympic bronze medalists for Finland Paralympic gold medalists for Finland Paralympic silver medalists for Finland Sportspeople from Kuopio Paralympic medalists in table tennis Finnish table tennis players Deaths from falls