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Born | Oldham, Great Britain | 4 April 1962|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 21 August 2008 Sheffield, Great Britain | (aged 46)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Spinal cord injury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | C3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Stefan Trofan (4 April 1962[1] – 1 September 2008) was a former 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.[2]
He died of oesophageal cancer on 21 August 2008 in Sheffield surrounded by family, days before the Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China.[3][4]