Aida Dahlen
Dahlen in 2010
Personal information
Full nameAida Husić Dahlen
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1990-10-05) 5 October 1990
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country Norway
SportPara table tennis
Disability classClass 8
ClubRandesund IL
Coached byJan Betgersen
Medal record
Para table tennis
Representing  Norway
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2014 BeijingWomen's singles C8
Bronze medal – third place2018 LaskoWomen's singles C8
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 VejleWomen's singles C8
Gold medal – first place2017 LaskoWomen's singles C8
Silver medal – second place2013 LignanoWomen's singles C8
Bronze medal – third place2011 SplitWomen's singles C8
Bronze medal – third place2017 LaskoWomen's teams C6-8

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]

Life

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Table Tennis: DAHLEN Aida". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Aida Dahlen". IPTTC.org. International Para Table Tennis Federation. 4 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Aida heard about table tennis when she was 12 years old. Now she is number two in the world". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 1 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "My Way to Olympia". pov.org. 7 July 2014.
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