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Eight Athletes Nominated to 2007 U.S. Parapan American Table Tennis Team
By Marvin Olberding // U.S. Paralympics // April 27, 2007
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - U.S. Paralympics announced today the eight athletes who have been nominated to represent the U.S. at the 2007 Parapan American Games, Aug. 12-19 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The team, which will be coached by two-time Olympian Sean O'Neill (Portland, Ore.), features five of the six members of the 2006 U.S. Paralympics Table Tennis World Championships Team that competed in Montreux, Switzerland: Norman Bass (Inglewood, Calif.), Tahl Leibovitz (Ozone Park, N.Y.), Wayne Lo (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Andre Scott (Fort Worth, Texas) and Mitchell Seidenfeld (Lakeville, Minn.).
Leibovitz had the best U.S. finish at World Championships, taking fourth in the men's open standing competition.
2007 U.S. Parapan American Table Tennis Roster
Norman Bass (Inglewood, Calif.)
Michael Dempsey (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.)
Pamela Fontaine (Double Oak, Texas)
Tahl Leibovtiz (Ozone Park, N.Y.)
Edward Levy (Greensboro, N.C.)
Wayne Lo (Sunnyvale, Calif.)
Andre Scott (Fort Worth, Texas)
Mitchell Seidenfeld (Lakeville, Minn.)
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