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Peter Norfolk
Peter Robert Norfolk OBE (born 13 December 1960) is a British wheelchair tennis player. Following a motorbike accident which left him paraplegic, he uses a wheelchair. He took up tennis and following a further spinal complication in 2000 he began competing in the quad division. He is nicknamed The Quadfather.
He has multiple Grand Slam and Super Series titles, and competed for Great Britain at the Summer Paralympics when tennis made its first appearance at Athens 2004. He won the gold medal in the singles, and defended it at Beijing as well as adding a bronze medal in the doubles. He competed in his third Paralympics in 2012 in London, where he was also the flagbearer for Great Britain at the opening ceremony.
==Early life==
He was born in London on 13 December 1960.〔 Norfolk suffered a motorbike accident in 1979 at the age of 19, and was left paraplegic. He was hospitalised for over a year, and the disability resulted in him requiring a wheelchair.〔 There was a further complication in 2000,〔 damage was caused to cervical spinal nerve 7 resulted in Norfolk additionally losing strength in his right arm and shoulder.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tennisfoundation.org.uk/disabilitytennis/Wheelchair-Tennis/Wheelchair-Performance/Peter-Norfolk/ )〕
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