US Table Tennis Hall of Fame

Recognizing athletes and contributors in the sport of Table Tennis in the United States

Sebastian DeFrancesco

Sebastian’s Table Tennis Achievements

  • 1984 – 1 Silver Team (Skip Wilkins) USA Paralympics/Stoke
  • 1986 – Pan-American Championships, 2 Golds singles and doubles with Jerry D’avila
  • 1988 – Paralympics (Seoul, South Korea) Bronze Medal team event (Skip Wilkins), Quarterfinalist in singles
  • 1989 – 1st place National Championships (class 1-first time) and doubles champion (1 & 2 class combined)
  • 1990 – World Championships (Holland) quarter-finalist in singles
  • 1990 – National champion USA wheelchair championships
  • 1991 – Irish National Open, champion singles class 1
  • 1991 – National champion USA wheelchair championships
  • 1992 – Paralympics Barcelona, quarter-finalist in singles
  • 1992 – National champion USA wheelchair championships
  • 1993 – Stoke Mandeville World Games, Gold medal class 1 singles and Silver team event
  • 1993 – National champion USA wheelchair championships
  • 1994 – National champion USA wheelchair championships
  • 1995 – National champion USA wheelchair championships (singles and doubles)
  • 1996 – Paralympics Atlanta, quarterfinalist, Team class 3 – Lost in second round
  • 1996 – National champion USA wheelchair championships
  • 1997 – National champion USA wheelchair championships
  • 1998 – National champion USA wheelchair championships, Doubles Open, silver (all classes)
  • 1999 – Hungarian Open, bronze medal
  • 1999 – New Zealand Open, bronze medal
  • 1999 – Sicily Southern Italy Open- Lost in quarterfinal class 1 and class 2
  • 2000 – National champion USA wheelchair championships
  • 2000 – Paralympics Sydney- Lost in quarterfinals singles, lost in class 3 team event first round
  • 2001 – Got sick with hepatitis C and took a medical leave until liver transplant in 2006 – Started playing again
  • 2010 – US Open Table Tennis Championships, silver medal class 1
  • 2011 – 2017 National champion USA wheelchair division – combination of second and third places
  • 2015 – National champion USA wheelchair class 1
  • 2018 – National champion USA wheelchair bronze medal class 1 & 2
  • 2019 – National champion USA wheelchair bronze medal class 1 & 2
  • 1993 – USOC athlete of the year for table tennis