Melissa Tapper

Melissa Tapper
	2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Tapper
Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	1 March 1990 (age 34); Hamilton, Victoria
Height	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Table Tennis
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing Australia
Paralympic Games
World Para Table Tennis Championships
Commonwealth Games
Oceania Championships

Melissa Tapper (born 1 March 1990) is an Australian table tennis player. After competing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she represented Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in elite non-Paralympic competition.^[2] In March 2016, she became the first Australian athlete to qualify for both the Summer Olympics and Summer Paralympics.^[3]

She qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She competed with Jian Fang Lay and Michelle Bromley in the women's team event but they were defeated by Germany 3-0 in the round of 16.^[4] Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics details the results in depth. At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics Tapper won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics in the Women's Team C9-10.

Tapper has been selected compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics.

^ ^a ^b "Melissa Tapper". rio2016.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 27 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
^ "Tapper wins spot on able-bodies Glasgow team". The Warrnambool Standard. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ "Aussie table tennis player Melissa Tapper makes Olympic and Paralympic history". Sydney Morning Herald. 29 March 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 14 March 2022.