Mark NILSEN

Date and Place of birth
15 May 1977 - Durban, South Africa

Family situation (single, married,...)
single

Number of brothers and sisters
1 brother

Profession
student

Studies and diplomas
Industrial Psychology and Information Systems majors

Activities as volunteer
Coach, able-bodied state team and disabled team

Number of years of practice (abled-bodied)
5

Number of years of practice (disabled)
5

Why did you preferred table tennis
I enjoyed it the most because I could compete against able bodied people

Personnal stories
I really love travelling the World....but I would love to be able to travel more

Kind of disability
Brittle Bones

Your style for playing table tennis
attacking - allround

Your materials: bat, rubbers
Donic Allplay blade, Sriver FX rubbers (red and black)

Best competition you played
Sydney Paralympics

Best ranking
8

Best performance
Gold and Silver at Irish Open 2001

Current world ranking
Not sure, hold on...just checking.... No.22!!

Sport projects and ambitions
Coaching a young wheelchair player to play in tournaments with me one day

Personnal pets
A black labrador called Carling (like the beer!)

Preferred Music
Rock, Pop, and some dance music (not all of it!)

Preferred books
Non-fiction..... Books on the power of the mind, meditation..etc

Preferred movies
Thrillers, Horrors.......and anything with Angelina Jolie in it!!

Preferred artists
Jan Ove Waldner (he is a great artist!)

Preferred athlets
Jan Ove Waldner, Tiger Woods, Carl Lewis, Maurice Green

Collections

Fan, Supporter
My family and my girlfriend Cindy

Hobbies
movies, music, golf, pool....drinking a beer with my friends

Other sports you practice
Golf (its even more challenging than table tennis!)

Address
9A Curtis Crescent - Mount Edgecombe Country Club - 4301 KZN - South Africa

Phone/Fax/Pager number(s)
27 83 2316775

e-mail
nilsens@mweb.co.za

web site
don't have one

Any other free comments
We need to become more professional like the able-bodied players so we need prize money at International Tournaments....we need TV coverage too...that helps with sponsorship, advertising our great game and it shows that disabled people are sportspeople too...TV will also attract money, and more players.

Last update : 01/22/2002 07:46 PM
by : Vince