Bly Twomey
Appearance
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Born | [1] | 27 April 2010|||||||||||||||||
Home town | Brighton, England | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para table tennis | |||||||||||||||||
Disability class | C7 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bly Twomey (born 27 April 2010), is a British para table tennis player. She represented Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Career
[edit]Twomey made her international debut in March 2023 at the Costa Brava Spanish Para Open.[2]
Twomey represented Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in the women's doubles WD14 event, along with Felicity Pickard, and won a bronze medal.[3] She also won a bronze medal in the women's singles WD14 event at the same championship. At 14 years old, she became Great Britain's youngest medalist in table tennis.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bly Twomey". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Bly Twomey Rising Faster than a Shooting Star". ittf.com. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ Eloit, Ed (29 August 2024). "Bly Twomey wins bronze to become Great Britain's youngest table tennis medallist". The Independent. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Bly Twomey wins bronze to become Great Britain's youngest table tennis medallist". The Impartial Reporter. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
Categories:
- 2010 births
- Living people
- British female table tennis players
- Paralympic table tennis players for Great Britain
- Table tennis players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in table tennis
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain
- 21st-century British sportswomen
- British table tennis biography stubs