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Patrick Birocheau (born 23 September 1955) is a French former
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. He won a bronze medal at the 1981 World Championships in doubles, as well as several medals at the
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throughout the 1980s. He represented his country at the
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in
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. In the singles competition, Birocheau was eliminated in the group phase after winning three of his seven matches. He teamed up with future World Champion
Jean-Philippe Gatien Jean-Philippe Gatien (, born 16 October 1968, in Alès, France, is a retired French table tennis player. He competed in four Olympics Games from 1988 to 2000, winning silver in the singles at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and bronze in doubles (wi ...
in the doubles competition, but they were similarly eliminated after winning four of their seven matches. In addition to his international success, Birocheau won eleven gold medals at the French National Championships: one in singles (1976), nine in doubles (1973–76, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1987, 1988), and one in mixed doubles (1983). He later served as head coach of the French national team.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Birocheau, Patrick Living people 1955 births French male table tennis players Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for France Sportspeople from Béjaïa World Table Tennis Championships medalists 21st-century Algerian people 20th-century French sportsmen