Ian Kent

Ian Kent (born July 4, 1961) is a Canadian para table tennis player. He is a double singles champion in the Para Pan-American Para Table Tennis Championships and has won seven medals in Parapan American Games.^[1]

Ian Kent

Personal information
Born	(1961-07-04) July 4, 1961 (age 64) Welling, United Kingdom
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Para table tennis
Disability	Dystonia
Disability class	C8
Medal record Para table tennis Representing  Canada Parapan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Men's singles C8 2007 Rio de Janeiro Men's singles C8 2007 Rio de Janeiro Men's teams C8 2011 Guadalajara Men's teams C6-8 2015 Toronto Men's teams C6-8 2015 Toronto Men's singles C8 2019 Lima Men's singles C8 Para Pan-American Championships 2009 Margarita Island Men's singles C8 2013 San Jose Men's teams C8 2017 San Jose Men's teams C8 2005 Mar del Plata Men's singles C10 2005 Mar del Plata Men's teams C10 2013 San Jose Men's singles C8 2017 San Jose Men's singles C8

Biography

Kent was born in Welling in London then he moved to Canada with his parents as a young child, his mother is a former British track and field athlete. He holds a bachelor of science degree in mathematics and psychology from Saint Mary's University.^[2]

He has three sons, Isaac, Tyler and Matthew and two of them are one of Nova Scotia's top ranked table tennis players while Ian is still top ranked.

In 1999, Kent was aged 38, was diagnosed with dystonia and was bedridden for two years.

Sporting career

Kent first started playing competitively in 2004 when he played in the EuroChamp Table Tennis Tournament in Emmen, Netherlands. He only started winning medals in 2005 at the Para Pan-American Championships in Mar del Plata where he won a silver medal in the singles tournament and a bronze medal in the teams tournament with Martin Pelletier.

He has competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics and also 2018 Commonwealth Games but did not advance to the final rounds in both tournaments.^[3]