Nico Blok

Nico Blok

Personal information
Born	(1981-07-13) 13 July 1981 (age 43) Gouda, Netherlands
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	40 kg (88 lb)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Para table tennis
Disability	Muscular disease
Disability class	C6
Medal record Para table tennis Representing  Netherlands Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing Men's singles C6 World Championships 2002 Taipei Men's singles C6 2002 Taipei Men's teams C6-7 2006 Montreux Men's teams C6 European Championships 2001 Frankfurt Men's teams C6 2003 Zagreb Men's teams C6

Nico Blok (born 13 July 1981)^[1] is a retired Dutch para table tennis player who competed in international level events. He is a Paralympic bronze medalist, three-time World medalist and a double European silver medalist.^[2][3]

When Blok was born in a hospital in Gouda, South Holland, doctors suspected that there was something wrong with him after he was born, it was later revealed that he was born with an unknown muscular disease. Due to this unknown muscular disease, he was prominently thin as he only weighed 40kg at a height of 1.77m and has also had limited muscle strength and walking long distances were impossible for him.

Blok was very fascinated in sports at a young age: his older brother played soccer and tennis but it was too hard for Nico. His parents tried to find an alternative sport for him to participate in and when he was nine years old, he tried out table tennis and this was how he got his motivation.^[4][5]