Yvette Alloo

Yvette Alloo (21 June 1930[1] – 23 September 2020) was a Belgian Paralympic table tennis player.[2] She was the first Belgian to win a gold medal at a Paralympic Games.

Yvette Alloo
Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born21 June 1930
Brussels, Belgium
Died(2020-09-23)23 September 2020 (aged 90)
Sport
CountryBelgium
SportTable Tennis
DisabilityParaplegic
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals1960 Summer Paralympics
1964 Summer Paralympics
Medal record
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Women's Table Tennis Singles Event C
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Women's Table Tennis Singles Event C

Biography

Born in Brussels in 1930, Alloo was paralyzed in her legs at the age of 15. She met her husband, Guy Herman, at the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome.[3]

Alloo began playing table tennis in 1955 while in rehabilitation in Brussels. In 1960, she was one of 15 Belgian athletes to participate in the Paralympics. She competed in table tennis and fencing, taking home the gold medal in table tennis.[4] She won a second gold medal at the 1964 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. She ended her sporting career in 1965.[3]

Alloo was one of the founding members of the Belgian Sports Federation for the Disabled, which would later become the Belgian Paralympic Committee. She was secretary of the trauma and rehabilitation center at Brugmann Hospital in Brussels for 35 years.[5]

Yvette Alloo died on 23 September 2020 aged 90.[4]

References
  1. "La bicyclette verte". Le Livre en papier (in French).
  2. "Décès d'une «véritable icône», Yvette Alloo, première championne paralympique belge". Le Soir (in French). 23 September 2020.
  3. "Yvette Alloo, pionnière du handisport belge". La Dernière Heure (in French). 18 December 2010.
  4. "Allereerste Belgische paralympisch kampioene Yvette Alloo overleden". Nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  5. "La première championne paralympique Yvette Alloo est décédée". Paralympic Team Belgium (in French). 23 September 2020.
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