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Ian Seidenfeld

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July 17, 2001 (age 23)
Lakeville, Minnesota, U.S.

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Ian Seidenfeld (born July 17, 2001) is an American para table tennis player. He represented the United States at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Career

Seidenfeld represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the men's singles C6 event and won a gold medal.^[1] He upset reigning Paralympic gold medalist Peter Rosenmeier to win gold.^[2] He became the first U.S. para tennis player to win gold since Tahl Leibovitz in 1996.^[3]

Seidenfeld represented the United States at the 2023 Parapan American Games and won a gold medal in the men's singles C6 event.^[4]

He represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze meal in the men's singles C6 event.^[5]^[6]

Seidenfeld was born with pseudoachondroplasia.^[7] His father and coach, Mitchell Seidenfeld, is a former Para table tennis player and gold medalist.^[8]^[9] He is Jewish.^[10]

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^ Reinert, Bob (August 28, 2021). "Ian Seidenfeld Upsets Reigning Paralympic Table Tennis Champ To Take Gold Medal". teamusa.com. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
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^ "Team USA Earns 3 Golds, 7 Medals at 2023 Para Pan Am Games". usatt.org. December 1, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
^ Rourke, Brendan (September 5, 2024). "Two Paralympics, Two Medals for U.S. Para Table Tennis Athlete Ian Seidenfeld. This time, It's Bronze". teamusa.com. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
^ Gurvis, Jacob (September 5, 2024). "Jewish US table tennis star Ian Seidenfeld wins bronze at Paris Paralympics". jta.org. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
^ Beno, Leah (April 14, 2024). "MN Paralympic table tennis gold medalist shares secret weapon". fox9.com. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
^ "Mitchell Seidenfeld". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
^ "Ian Seidenfeld". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on May 1, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
^ Karpen, Elizabeth (July 15, 2024). "Meet the top Jewish athletes to watch at the Paris 2024 Olympics". jewishunpacked.com. Retrieved July 15, 2024.

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