Melissa Tapper

Melissa Tapper
2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Tapper
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 (age 34)
Hamilton, Victoria
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight65 kg (143 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportTable Tennis
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team Class 9-10
World Para Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Beijing Singles SF10
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Lasko-Celje Singles SF10
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Singles TT6–10
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow Team
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Papeete Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2014 Bendigo Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2024 Auckland Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Auckland Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Auckland Singles

Melissa Tapper (born 1 March 1990) is an Australian table tennis player. After competing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she represented Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in elite non-Paralympic competition.[2] In March 2016, she became the first Australian athlete to qualify for both the Summer Olympics and Summer Paralympics.[3]

She qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She competed with Jian Fang Lay and Michelle Bromley in the women's team event but they were defeated by Germany 3-0 in the round of 16.[4] At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics Tapper won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics in the Women's Team C9-10 and competed the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics.

  1. ^ a b "Melissa Tapper". rio2016.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 27 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Tapper wins spot on able-bodies Glasgow team". The Warrnambool Standard. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Aussie table tennis player Melissa Tapper makes Olympic and Paralympic history". Sydney Morning Herald. 29 March 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 14 March 2022.