Peter Norfolk
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Peter Norfolk at the 2011 US Open.
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| Country (sports) |
 Great Britain
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| Residence | Alton, Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
13 December 1960 London |
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| Turned pro | 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Official website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 256–38 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No.1 (29 September 2003) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No.3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Singles results | |||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | W (2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013) | ||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | W (2007, 2009) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||
| Masters | W (2006, 2009, 2010) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paralympic Games |
 Gold Medal (2004, 2008) |
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| Doubles | |||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 127–55 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No.1 (12 September 2011) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No.1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | W (2011,2012) | ||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | W (2012) | ||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | F (2007, 2009, 2010) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Masters Doubles | W (2003, 2004, 2010) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paralympic Games |
 Silver Medal (2004, 2012) |
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| World Team Cup |
 Champion (2001, 2002, 2009) |
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Peter Robert Norfolk OBE (born 13 December 1960) is a British wheelchair tennis player. Following a motorbike accident which left him paraplegic, he uses a wheelchair. He took up tennis and following a further spinal complication in 2000 he began competing in the quad division. He is nicknamed The Quadfather.
He has multiple Grand Slam and Super Series titles, and competed for Great Britain at the Summer Paralympics when tennis made its first appearance at Athens 2004. He won the gold medal in the singles, and defended it at Beijing as well as adding a bronze medal in the doubles. He competed in his third Paralympics in 2012 in London, where he was also the flagbearer for Great Britain at the opening ceremony.
He was born in London on 13 December 1960. Norfolk suffered a motorbike accident in 1979 at the age of 19, and was left paraplegic. He was hospitalised for over a year, and the disability resulted in him requiring a wheelchair. There was a further complication in 2000, damage was caused to cervical spinal nerve 7 resulted in Norfolk additionally losing strength in his right arm and shoulder.
He became a wheelchair tennis player at the age of 30, having seen a demonstration at Stoke Mandeville. He competes in the quad division. This means he competes against other players with a disability in at least three limbs. He plays with a tennis racket taped to his hand, and competes in the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour.
He was the first person ever to win a Paralympic medal for Britain in tennis when he took gold in the quads singles at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, defeating David Wagner of the United States. It had been the first occasion where a tennis event had been included in a Paralympic programme. He also won a silver medal with Mark Eccleston in the quad doubles event. Following his victories, in 2005 he was invited to perform the coin toss ahead of the men's singles final at Wimbledon.
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