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Born | Vyškov, Czech Republic | 19 May 1998||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Slovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Spinal cord injury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | C4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Boris Trávníček (born 19 May 1998) is a Czech-born Slovak para table tennis player who competes in international table tennis competitions. He is a Paralympic bronze medalist and a double World bronze medalist. [1] [2]
In 2011, a headstone fell onto Trávníček during a class excursion at a Jewish cemetery in Rousinov. He had an open fracture in his right leg, a broken left arm and injured his vertebrae which resulted in paraplegia. [3]