Chim-Hing Stephanie Chan (, born July 30, 1957) is a
Canadian para table tennis player who has won four medals in three
Parapan American Games
The Parapan American Games is an international multi-sport event for athletes with physical disabilities held every four years after every Pan American Games. The first Games were held in 1999 in Mexico City, Mexico. The 2003 Parapan American Ga ...
. She contracted
polio at the age of four but began playing table tennis at the age of 44. She was the first female Canadian table tennis player to compete in the
Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...
in
2016
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1957 births
Living people
Canadian female table tennis players
Paralympic table tennis players for Canada
Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Parapan American Games competitors for Canada
Parapan American Games gold medalists for Canada
Parapan American Games silver medalists for Canada
Parapan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
Table tennis players at the 2023 Parapan American Games
Medalists at the 2007 Parapan American Games
Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games
Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games
Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games
Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games
Sportspeople from Richmond, British Columbia
Naturalised table tennis players
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