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Jamie Burdekin (born 10 December 1979 in Liverpool)[1] is a British wheelchair tennis player. He competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, the 2012 Summer Paralympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[2]
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| Country (sports) |  Great Britain | ||||||||||
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| Born | 10 December 1979 (age 42) Liverpool, England | ||||||||||
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| Paralympic Games |  Bronze Medal (2008) | ||||||||||
Medal record
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He won the bronze medal together with Peter Norfolk in the Quad Doubles event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.[2]
Norfolk and Burdekin also won the Quad Doubles event at the Japan Open as part of the 2012 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour.
He also won the bronze medal in the Quad Doubles event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, together with Andrew Lapthorne.[2]
In 2014 and 2015, Lapthorne and Burdekin also won the silver medals in the Quad Doubles event of the Wheelchair Tennis Masters.
In 2017, Burdekin was suspended from competition for four years due to failing to comply with anti-doping testing; he claimed to have (informally) retired in 2016.[3] Burdekin had previously been banned from the sport for two years due to cocaine use.[4]
References
- "International Tennis Federation - Independent Anti-Doping Tribunal - Decision In The Case Of Jamie Burdekin" (PDF). Doping.nl. 4 April 2005.
The player was born in Liverpool on 10 December 1979
- "Jamie Burdekin". paralympic.org.
- "Burdekin banned but says he had retired". BBC Sport.
- https://www.doping.nl/media/kb/976/ITF%202005%20Jamie%20Burdekin%20(OS).pdf [bare URL PDF]
External links
- Jamie Burdekin at the International Tennis Federation
- Jamie Burdekin at Paralympic.org
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[de] Jamie Burdekin
Jamie Burdekin (* 10. Dezember 1979 in Liverpool) ist ein britischer Rollstuhltennisspieler.- [en] Jamie Burdekin
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