Jenson
Van Emburgh

Paralympian 2020, 2024

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Athlete Bio#

Jenson Van Emburgh reaches his paddle with his left hand toward the ball, wearing glasses and a blue and black shirt with an American flag

Height

5'9"

Age

Hometown

Belleair Beach, FL

Education

Seminole High School

Quick Facts

Van Emburgh is a Class 3 Para athlete who has a spinal cord injury that happened at birth
He tried numerous sports such as sled hockey, wheelchair tennis andwheelchair basketball until he discovered table tennis
His goal is to represent Team USA at Paris 2024

Paralympic Experience

2-time Paralympian; 1-time Paralympic medalist (1 bronze)

Paralympic Games Paris 2024, 5th (Singles Class 3 - Men)
Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, bronze (Singles Class 3 - Men), 5th (Team Class 3 - Men)

World Championships Experience

Most recent: 2022 – silver (Singles Class 3 - Men), 9th (Doubles Class 7 - Mixed)
Years of participation: Doubles Class 7 - Mixed 2022; Singles Class 3 - Men 2018, 2022
Medals: 1 (1 silver)

Silver – 2022 (Singles Class 3 - Men)

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