2003 Para Pan American Table Tennis Games

Brasilia, Brazil · Nov. 17-21, 2003

By Sean O'Neill

Americans Wayne Lo and Tahl Leibovitz qualified for the 2004 Paralympic Games by winning Class 8 and Class 9 at the 2nd Para Pan American Games in Brasilia, Brazil.  Lo and Leibovitz also teamed up to take top honors along with teammates Bob Bowlander and Mark Keeter in the Class 8-10 Team event over Mexico and Brazil.  In the standing division of Open play, Leibovitz won his third gold medal while Lo took the bronze.

Online articles on table tennis are at the Para Pan American Table Tennis home page:

• General article
• USA's Tahl Leibovitz wins three golds

Photos, care of Stigaonline

• Wayne Lo, USA - Class 8 Men's Champion
• Team USA
• Class 8-10 Team Champions, USA
• Tahl Leibovitz, USA - Triple Gold Medalist (Men's Standing, Men's Class 9, Men's Class 8-10 Team)
  

Results

(DNP = USA players who Did Not Place)

Men's Wheelchair Open

1. Mario Pazaran - MEX
2. Luiz Silva - BRA
3. Vitaliano Brandoli - ARG

DNP: Andre Scott, Chuck Focht, Tony Lara, Raul Pernites

Men's Standing Open

1. Tahl Leibovitz - USA
2. José Vivanco - MEX
3. Wayne Lo - USA
4. Bob Bowlander - USA

DNP: Norm Bass, Edward Levy, Chris Puls, Mark Keeter

Women's  Wheelchair Open

1. Cristina Hoffmann - MEX
2. Tereza Arenales - MEX
3. Jennifer Johnson - USA

DNP: Carolynne Bethka, Jackie Dilorenzo, Terry Tierney

Singles - Qualifier for Athens

Class 1 and 2 Women's

1. Isabel Garcia Ble - MEX
2. Carla Azevedo - BRA
3. Jackie Dilorenzo - USA
4. Terry Tierney - USA

Class 4 Women's

1. Teresa Arenales - MEX
2. Jennifer Johnson - USA
3. Auzeni Silva - BRA
4. Renata Benevides - BRA
5. Carolynne Bethka - USA

Class 2 Men's

1. Iranildo Conceição Espindola - BRA
2. Leonardo Marino - ARG
3. Sérgio Lujan - MEX

DNP: Raul Pernites

Class 3 Men's

1. Luiz Algacir da Silva - BRA
2. Giovanni Rodriguez - CRC
3. Jesus Sanches - MEX

DNP: Tony Lara

Class 5 Men's

DNP: Chuck Focht

Class 6 Men's

1. Carlo Michell - BRA
2. Victor Solis- CHI
3. Washington Galaz - CHI

DNP: Mark Keeter

Class 7 Men's

1. Christovan Lima - BRA
2. Norman Bass Jr. - USA
3. Cristian Dettoni - CHI
4. Edward Levy - USA

DNP: Chris Puls

Class 8 Men's

1. Wayne Lo - USA
2. Robert Bowlander - USA
3. Antonio Fernandez - BRA

Class 9 Men's

1. Tahl Leibovitz - USA
2. Edmilson Pinheiro - BRA
3. Martin Pelletier - CAN
4. John Macpherson - CAN

USA Medalists Teams Results:

Men's Class 8-10

1. USA (gold) - Leibovitz, Lo, Bowlander, Keeter
2. Mexico (silver)
3. Brazil (bronze)

Men's Class 6-7

1. Brazil (gold)
2. USA (silver) - Bass, Levy, Puls
3. Chile (bronze)