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Stefan Trofan (4 April 1962 – 1 September 2008) was a British para table tennis player. In his childhood years, he was very interested in football and was a keen footballer, he was paralysed from the waist down aged 17 in a bike accident. He played alongside Neil Robinson and James Rawson in table tennis team events internationally. He coached Great Britain's Paralympic table tennis team for the
2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China, from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...
. He died of
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on 21 August 2008 in
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surrounded by family, days before the Summer Paralympics in
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Trofan, Stefan 1962 births 2008 deaths Paralympic table tennis players for Great Britain Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Oldham Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in table tennis Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain