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Dr Juraj Stefak, most humble, passes away following long illness - International Table Tennis Federation


International Table Tennis Federation
26 Jan 2021
Respected worldwide as the leading name when classification was required for Para events, Dr Juraj Stefak passed away on Saturday 23rd January following a long illness, eventually losing his battle with cancer.
Born in Trnava, Slovakia on Wednesday 7th February 1951 he was 69 years of age.
Dr Juraj Stefak (right) with Wu Sheng at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
He attended his first classification seminar in 1997 and became an international classifier in 2001, head classifier in 2009, serving for more than 20 years; every year he spent over four weeks as a ITTF medical classifier and volunteer to perform the essential duties. ....

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