James Rawson
James Rawson was a British para table tennis player who competed at every Summer Paralympic Games between 1984 and 2008, winning five medals. He has also competed at World Championships in Assen 1990, Taipei 2002 where he won team silver with Neil Robinson and individual bronze defeating Guertler from Germany.
Table tennis career
Rawson won a gold medal in the men's team Class 3 event at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics, alongside Neil Robinson and Phillip Evans, defeating Germany in the final.At the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the Class 3 team event, again with Robinson, and a further bronze in the Class 3 singles event, with Robinson taking the silver.
Rawson won silver in the Men's Class 3 team event at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics alongside Robinson and Stefan Trofan. The same trio retained their silver medal at the 2004 Athens Paralympics, losing in the Table tennis at the [2004 Summer Paralympics – Men's team – Class 3|gold medal match] to South Korea.
Rawson competed at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics in the Table tennis at the [2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 3|Men's individual Class 3 event] without winning a medal; alongside Robinson and Arnie Chan he came fourth in the Table tennis at the 2008 [Summer Paralympics – Men's team – Class 3|Men's team Class 3], losing the bronze medal match to host nation China.