Table Tennis | Athlete Profile: Melissa TAPPER - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games

Birth Date:  01 Mar 1990
Place of Birth:  HAMILTON
Country of birth:  AUS
Age:  28
Gender:   Female

Height (cm): 170
Weight (Kg): 68

Events and Medals

Sport	Event	Rank
Table Tennis	Women's Team AUS Australia	4
	Women's Singles	9
	Women's Doubles AUS BROMLEY Michelle/TAPPER Melissa	5
	Mixed Doubles AUS HU Heming/TAPPER Melissa	9
	Women's TT6-10 Singles	1

Melissa TAPPER - Schedule

Schedule
Time	My Time	Venue	Event	Status
Thu, 5 Apr 9:30	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 2	Women's Team Group 3 AUS Australia 3 MRI Mauritius 0	Finished
Thu, 5 Apr 16:00	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 1	Women's Team Group 3 AUS Australia 3 CAN Canada 1	Finished
Fri, 6 Apr 16:00	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 1	Women's Team Quarterfinal 2 WAL Wales 1 AUS Australia 3	Finished
Sun, 8 Apr 9:30	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 1	Women's Team Semifinal 1 SGP Singapore 3 AUS Australia 0	Finished
Sun, 8 Apr 16:00	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 1	Women's Team Bronze Medal Match AUS Australia 1 ENG England 3	Finished
Tue, 10 Apr 16:30	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 2	Women's TT6-10 Singles Group 1 AUS Melissa TAPPER 3 IND Maitreyee SARKAR 0	Finished
Wed, 11 Apr 10:40	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 1	Women's TT6-10 Singles Group 1 AUS Melissa TAPPER 3 ENG Felicity PICKARD 0	Finished
Wed, 11 Apr 16:30	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 1	Mixed Doubles Round of 32 VAN SHING Yoshua/LULU Anolyn 0 AUS HU Heming/TAPPER Melissa 3	Finished
Wed, 11 Apr 18:00	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 1	Women's Singles Round of 32 MAS Karen LYNE 1 AUS Melissa TAPPER 4	Finished
Thu, 12 Apr 9:30	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 4	Women's Doubles Round of 16 MAS CHANG Li Sian Alice/TEE Ai Xin 1 AUS BROMLEY Michelle/TAPPER Melissa 3	Finished
Thu, 12 Apr 10:40	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 3	Women's TT6-10 Singles Group 1 AUS Melissa TAPPER 3 PNG Vero NIME 0	Finished
Thu, 12 Apr 11:50	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 2	Mixed Doubles Round of 16 SGP PANG Xue Jie/ZHOU Yihan 3 AUS HU Heming/TAPPER Melissa 2	Finished
Thu, 12 Apr 12:25	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 2	Women's Singles Round of 16 SGP Tianwei FENG 4 AUS Melissa TAPPER 0	Finished
Thu, 12 Apr 17:15	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 1	Women's Doubles Quarterfinal 1 SGP FENG Tianwei/YU Mengyu 3 AUS BROMLEY Michelle/TAPPER Melissa 0	Finished
Fri, 13 Apr 11:15	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 1	Women's TT6-10 Singles Semifinal 1 AUS Melissa TAPPER 3 AUS Andrea MCDONNELL 1	Finished
Sat, 14 Apr 12:55	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 1	Women's TT6-10 Singles Gold Medal Match AUS Melissa TAPPER 3 NGR Faith OBAZUAYE 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights:

Commonwealth Games
Year	Location	Event	Rank
2014	Glasgow, SCO	Mixed Doubles	R32
2014	Glasgow, SCO	Women's Team	3

Paralympic Games
Year	Location	Event	Rank
2017	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Women's Teams Class 6-10	4
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Women's Singles Class 10	Group
2012	London, GBR	Women's Singles Class 10	4
2012	London, GBR	Women's Teams Class 6-10	QF

Olympic Games
Year	Location	Event	Rank
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Women's Singles	Prelim
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Women's Team	R16

World Championships
Year	Location	Event	Rank
2016	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	Women's Team	53
2014	Tokyo, JPN	Women's Team	21
2014	Beijing, CHN	Women's Singles Class 10	3

Nickname: Milly (Athlete, 4 Jul 2017)
Hobbies:

Shopping and cooking. (Athlete, 4 Jul 2017)

Occupation: Athlete, receptionist at VIS and trust accountant with Coolabah Law Chambers. (Athlete, 4 Jul 2017)
Education: Exercise science at Australian Catholic University, VIC; conveyancing at RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Languages spoken: English
Coach:

PERSONAL: Simon GERADA (AUS) (husband) (aoc-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com, 27 Jul 2016)
NATIONAL: Brett CLARKE (AUS) (tabletennis.org.au, 3 Aug 2014)

Position style: Left-handed. Shakehand grip.
Reason: Began playing as a lunchtime sport at primary school and then joined a club. (Athlete, 4 Jul 2017)
Ambition: "To win a medal at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games." (Athlete, 4 Jul 2017)
Memorable: "Qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Australian team." (Athlete, 4 Jul 2017)
Hero: "My parents, they are pretty awsome and have always supported me." (Athlete, 4 Jul 2017)
Influence: "My parents and husband. They have always supported me." (Athlete, 4 Jul 2017)

Additional information:

HISTORY
At the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, she made history by becoming the first Australian athlete to compete at the Olympics and Paralympics, and one of few in Olympic history to do it in the same year. (corporate.olympics.com.au, 21 Aug 2016)

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Legend

: Gold

: Silver

: Bronze

: Gold Medal Event

: Bronze Medal Event

Melissa TAPPER

Events and Medals

Melissa TAPPER - Schedule

Biographical Information

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