Aida Dahlen
Aida Husic Dahlen (born October 5, 1990) is a Norwegian para table tennis player, she is currently world number two in her sports class 8. Dahlen was born without a left forearm and has a below-knee amputation on her left leg.[1] 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.[2]
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| Born | 5 October 1990 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | Class 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Randesund IL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Jan Betgersen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She took up table tennis aged 12 after being encouraged by a friend and first competed internationally in 2008 aged 18.[3]
References
- "IPTTC Profile – Aida Dahlen". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 4 June 2019.
- "Aida heard about table tennis when she was 12 years old. Now she is number two in the world (in Norwegian)". nrk.no. 1 November 2015.
- "My Way to Olympia". archive.pov.org. 7 July 2014.
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