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Full name | Aida Husić Dahlen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Norwegian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 October 1990|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | Class 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Randesund IL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Jan Betgersen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aida Husić Dahlen (born 5 October 1990) is a Norwegian para table tennis player, she is currently world number two in her sports class 8. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's individual class 8, winning a bronze medal.[1]
Dahlen was born without a left forearm and has a below-knee amputation on her left leg.[2] Dahlen was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina before the outbreak of the Bosnian War in 1992. She was adopted by Norwegian parents at the age of six.[3]
She took up table tennis at the age of 12 after being encouraged by a friend, and first competed internationally in 2008 at the age of 18.[4]