Egon Kramminger

Egon Kramminger (born 5 August 1948) is an Austrian para table tennis player. He is a four-time World medalist, 12-time European medalist and has participated at the Paralympic Games five times.[1][2]

Egon Kramminger
Kramminger in 2013
Personal information
Born (1948-08-05) 5 August 1948
St. Valentin, Austria
Sport
Country Austria
SportPara table tennis
DisabilitySpinal cord injury
Disability classC3
Medal record
Para table tennis
Representing  Austria
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2010 GwangjuMen's teams C3
Bronze medal – third place2006 MontreuxMen's teams C3
Bronze medal – third place2014 BeijingMen's teams C3
World Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 BratislavaMen's teams C3
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1995 HillerodMen's teams C3
Silver medal – second place2005 JesoloMen's teams C3
Silver medal – second place2007 Kranjska GoraMen's singles C3
Silver medal – second place2009 GenoaMen's teams C3
Silver medal – second place2013 LignanoMen's teams C3
Silver medal – second place2015 VejleMen's teams C3
Bronze medal – third place1997 StockholmMen's teams C4
Bronze medal – third place1999 PiestanyMen's teams C3
Bronze medal – third place2001 FrankfurtMen's teams C3
Bronze medal – third place2007 Kranjska GoraMen's teams C3
Bronze medal – third place2011 SplitMen's teams C3
Bronze medal – third place2017 LaskoMen's teams C3

Accident

On 9 September 1967, Kramminger crashed his car into a high voltage mast while driving tired and was thrown twenty metres out of his car. He had compression fractures on his fifth, sixth and seventh thoracic vertebrae and spent eleven months in a hospital in Bietigheim then was moved to five different hospitals in a span of five years. When he arrived at the Vienna General Hospital, he had a decubitus on his buttocks and was transferred to a rehabilitation centre in Tübingen. In 1972, his left leg got amputated followed by his right kidney, bladder, rectum and his right leg in 1985.[3]

In the early 1990s, Kramminger discovered table tennis and began to compete internationally in 1995 where he won his first ever title when he won the European championships in Hillerod with Peter Starl and Manfred Dollmann.[4]

References
  1. "Egon Kramminger - IPTTC Profile". International Para Table Tennis Committee. 1 October 2020.
  2. "Egon Kramminger - Osterreichisches Paralympisches Committee (in German)". Austrian Paralympic Committee. 1 October 2020.
  3. "Current interview with Egon Kramminger (in German)". Steiner. 1 October 2020.
  4. "Egon Kramminger - Never Give Up! (in German)". Egon Kramminger website. 1 October 2020. Archived from the original on 2015-09-26.
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