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{{short description|Polish para table tennis player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox table tennis player
| name = Natalia Partyka
| image=20220814 ECM22 Table Tennis 9044.jpg
| imagesize= 250px
| caption = 
| full_name = Natalia Dorota Partyka
| education = 
| nationality = {{POL}}
| playingstyle = 
| hrank= 1 (November 2018; Para)<br>48 (May 2010; Able-bodied<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tabletennis.guide/profile.php?name=natalia-partyka-107177 |title=Partyka Natalia |website=Table Tennis Guide |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref>)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|7|27|df=y}}<ref name="SR">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/natalia-partyka-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417212650/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/natalia-partyka-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Natalia Partyka |access-date=30 March 2012}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Gdańsk]], [[Poland]]
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height = 1.73 m<ref name="SR"/>
| weight = 
| medaltemplates = 
{{Medal|Sport|Women's [[table tennis]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{POL}}}}


{{Medal|Competition|[[Paralympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics - Women's individual - Class 10|Class 10]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual – Class 10|Class 10]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 London]]|[[Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual – Class 10|Class 10]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual – Class 10|Class 10]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|[[Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's team – Class 6–10|Team class 6–10]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2020 Summer Paralympics|2020 Tokyo]]|[[Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's team – Class 9–10|Team class 9–10]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|2008 Beijing|[[Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's team – Class 6–10|Team class 6–10]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2024 Summer Paralympics|2024 Paris]]|[[Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual – Class 10|Singles C10]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2012 London|[[Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's team – Class 6–10|Team class 6–10]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2020 Tokyo|[[Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual – Class 10|Class 10]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2024 Paris|[[Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's doubles WD20|Doubles WD20]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Para Table Tennis Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|2002 Taipei|Singles class 10}}
{{Medal|Gold|2002 Taipei|Teams class 10}}
{{Medal|Gold|2006 Montreux|Open singles standing}}
{{Medal|Gold|2010 Gwangju|Open singles standing}}
{{Medal|Gold|2010 Gwangju|Singles class 10}}
{{Medal|Gold|2014 Beijing|Singles class 10}}
{{Medal|Gold|2018 Laško-Celje|Singles class 10}}
{{Medal|Silver|2006 Montreux|Singles class 10}}
{{Medal|Silver|2006 Montreux|Teams class 9-10}}
{{Medal|Silver|2014 Beijing|Teams class 9-10}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2010 Gwangju|Teams class 9-10}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Para Table Tennis Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|1999 Piešťany|Teams class 10}}
{{Medal|Gold|2001 Frankfurt|Teams class 10}}
{{Medal|Gold|2003 Zagreb|Singles class 10}}
{{Medal|Gold|2003 Zagreb|Teams class 10}}
{{Medal|Gold|2005 Jesolo|Open singles standing}}
{{Medal|Gold|2005 Jesolo|Singles class 10}}
{{Medal|Gold|2005 Jesolo|Teams class 9-10}}
{{Medal|Gold|2007 Kranjska Gora|Open singles standing}}
{{Medal|Gold|2007 Kranjska Gora|Singles class 10}}
{{Medal|Gold|2007 Kranjska Gora|Teams class 9-10}}
{{Medal|Gold|2009 Genoa|Open singles standing}}
{{Medal|Gold|2009 Genoa|Singles class 10}}
{{Medal|Gold|2009 Genoa|Teams class 9-10}}
{{Medal|Gold|2011 Split|Singles class 10}}
{{Medal|Gold|2015 Vejle|Singles class 10}}
{{Medal|Gold|2015 Vejle|Teams class 9-10}}
{{Medal|Gold|2017 Laško|Singles class 10}}
{{Medal|Silver|2001 Frankfurt|Singles class 10}}
{{Medal|Silver|2003 Zagreb|Open singles standing}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Table Tennis Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|2009 Stuttgart|Team}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2008 Saint Petersburg|Doubles}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2019 European Games|2019 Minsk]]|[[Table tennis at the 2019 European Games – Women's team|Team]]}}
}}

'''Natalia Dorota Partyka''' (born 27 July 1989)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://db.ipc-services.org/hira/results-books/open/book/41 |title=Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - Official Results Book |website=ipc-services.org |publisher=[[International Paralympic Committee]] |date=19 September 2004}}</ref> is a Polish [[para table tennis]] player. Born without a right hand and forearm, she participates in competitions for able-bodied athletes<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=8890 |title=PARTYKA Natalia (POL) |publisher=International Table Tennis Federation}}</ref> as well as in competitions for athletes with disabilities. Partyka reached the last 32 of the [[Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics|London 2012 Olympic women's table tennis]].

== Early life ==
Partyka began playing table tennis at the age of one to seven years. She won her first international table tennis medal in 1999 at the disabled World Championships. At the age of 11, when she competed at the [[2000 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Sydney]], she became the world's youngest ever Paralympian. In 2004, she won a gold medal in the singles event and silver in the team event at the [[2004 Summer Paralympics|Athens Paralympics]]. Also in 2004, she won two gold medals at the [[International Table Tennis Federation]]'s European Championships for Cadets, which was open to able-bodied competitors. In 2006, Partyka won three gold medals at the European Paralympic Championships, one gold and two silvers at the [[International Paralympic Committee]]'s Table Tennis World Championships for Disabled, and a silver in the team event at the ITTF European Junior Championship. She also won two silver medals and one bronze at the 2007 edition of that competition. Also in 2007, Partyka won three gold medals at the European Paralympic Championships, and a bronze at the ITTF World Junior Teams Championships.<ref name="london2012.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/blog/2008/06/18/natalia-paralympic-and-olympic-athlete.php |title=Natalia: Paralympic AND Olympic athlete |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906040512/http://www.london2012.com/about-us/our-vision/blog-archive/blog=natalia-paralympic-and-olympic-athlete/ |archive-date=6 September 2012 |publisher=London 2012 |date=18 June 2008}}</ref>

== Olympics and Paralympics performance ==
Partyka [[Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics|competed]] [[Poland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|for Poland]] both the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] and the [[2008 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Beijing]] – one of only two athletes to do so, the other being [[Natalie du Toit]] in swimming.<ref name="london2012.com"/> They were her third Paralympic Games, and her first Olympics. Competing in class 10 at the Beijing Paralympics, she won gold by defeating [[China at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|China]]'s [[Fan Lei (table tennis)|Fan Lei]] by three sets to nil.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/paralympics/2008-09/11/content_7018287.htm |title=Natalia Partyka: Pole apart |work=China Daily |date=11 September 2008}}</ref>

In 2008, she won a gold medal in the singles event and a silver in the team event at the [[2008 Summer Paralympics|Beijing Paralympics]], repeating her [[2004 Summer Paralympics|Athens Paralympics]] result.

[[File:Qian_Yang,_Natalia_Partyka_and_bronze_Bruna_Alexandre_Rio_2016.jpg|thumb|Partyka (center) at the Paralympic 2016]]
She competed [[Poland at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|at]] the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] and [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] in [[London]]. In the Olympics, she competed in [[Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|women's singles table tennis]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ouch/2012/08/post_12.html |title=The disabled Olympians ... not Paralympians |publisher=BBC Blogs |date=2 August 2012}}</ref> On 3 September 2012 Partyka defeated China's Qiang Yang 3–2 in the gold medal match to become Paralympic champion. On 8 September 2012 she won bronze in the women's team class 6–10, after defeating France 3–2.

At the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] she competed in the women's team event and later won her fourth consecutive Paralympic singles gold medal at the [[2016 Summer Paralympics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/natalia-partyka |title=Natalia Partyka |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=26 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/natalia-partyka |title=Natalia Partyka |website=Olympics.com |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=26 July 2021}}</ref>

==Awards and recognitions==
For her sport achievements, Partyka received:<br>
[[Image:POL Polonia Restituta Kawalerski BAR.svg|65px|Knight's Cross]] Knight's Cross of the [[Polonia Restituta|Order of Polonia Restituta]] (5th class) in 2008<br>
[[Image:POL Polonia Restituta Oficerski BAR.svg|65px|Officer's Cross]] Officer's Cross of the [[Polonia Restituta|Order of Polonia Restituta]] (4th class) in 2013

==See also==
*[[List of athletes who have competed in the Paralympics and Olympics]]
* [[Natalie du Toit]]
* [[Artur Partyka]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ITTF PTT player|id=1522|old_id=women/natalia_partyka}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202611/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=8890 |date=dmy |title=Natalia Partyka at the ITTF Database}}
* {{IPC profile|natalia-partyka}}
* {{Olympics.com|natalia-partyka}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{PKOl profile|natalia-partyka|old_id=2561,partyka-natalia}}
* {{PKPar profile|natalia-partyka}}
* [http://www.pingpong.com.pl/zawodnik/43/natalia-partyka Natalia Partyka] at the {{tooltip|''Magazyn Polski PingPong''|Polish Table Tennis Magazine}} {{in lang|pl}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801212010/http://nataliapartyka.pl/ |date=dmy |title=Official website}} {{in lang|pl}}

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