U.S. Para Team Takes Home 15 Medals from Cancun, Mexico

 

The  USA Table Tennis Para National Team along with U.S. Para Team players visited Cancun, Mexico, to compete in the Copa Cristina Hoffmann 2022 earlier this month.

 

Seventeen U.S. athletes and four coaches journeyed to Cancun, Mexico, to participate in the international event.

 

The elite group racked up fifteen medals throughout the three-day tournament – 5 gold medals, 6 silver medals, and 4 bronze medals.

 

Jenson Van Emburgh led the maximum efforts of the large player group with three gold medals in three event categories: Men’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles.

 

“Mexico Open was a great success for our team. I am really happy that our developmental players got the chance to showcase their improved skills and bring home some medals. For our more experienced players it was just great to be out there competing one more time before the World Championships which will take place in November as well as next year’s Para Pan-American Games.” – Para National Team Coach Vlad Farcas.

 

The trip was an overall group effort for the medal success by all the athletes who made the trip:

 

Samuel ALTSHULER

Gabriel DIAZ DE LEON

Pamela FONTAINE

Tahl LEIBOVITZ

Marco MAKKAR

Randall MEDCALF

Masoud MOJTAHED

Zachary Alan PICKETT

Tara PROFITT

Cynthia RANII

Valerie ROLPH

Ahad SARAND

Daniel SCRIVANO

James SEGREST

Jenson VAN EMBURGH

Mathew WEBER

Zachary WENTZ – DNP

 

Coaches for Mexico Trip were Mitchell Seidenfeld – Head Coach, Keith Evans, Gary Fraiman, and Vlad Farcas.

 

Medals – Copa Cristina Hoffmann 2022 – Cancun Mexico

 

SINGLES – GOLD

 

Jenson Van Emburgh

Men’s Singles Classes 2-3

 

Ahad Sarand

Men’s Singles Class 5

 

Tahl Leibovitz

Men’s Singles Class 9

 

SINGLES – SILVER

 

Pamala Fontaine

Women’s Singles Classes 2-3

 

Valerie Rolph

Women’s Singles Classes 4-5

 

Samuel Altshuler

Men’s Singles Classes 6

 

SINGLES – BRONZE

 

Zachary Allen Pickett

Men’s Singles Class 4

 

Masoud Mojtahed

Men’s Singles Class 7

 

Randall Medcalf

Men’s Singles Class 10

 

DOUBLES – GOLD

 

Jenson Van Emburgh and Ahad Bakhshaei Sarand

Men’s Doubles Classes MD8

 

Jenson Van Emburgh and Pamela Fontaine

Mixed Doubles Class XD7

 

DOUBLES – SILVER

 

Tara Profitt and Pamela Fontaine

Women's Doubles Class WD15

 

Tahl Leibovitz and Marco Makkar

Men’s Doubles Classes MD18

 

Ahad Sarand and Tara Profitt

Mixed Doubles Class XD7

 

DOUBLES – BRONZE

 

Matt Weber and Masoud Mojtahed

Men’s Doubles Classes MD14

 

 

The next major event for Para athletes will be the U.S. National Table Tennis Championships in Fort Worth, Texas, July 2 ­– 7, 2022.