Tony Martin

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Name: Tony Martin
Sex: male
Residence: Phoenix, United States

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Description: I am a disabled sportsman (table-tennis and basketball). I would be interested in roles of disabled characters. Since I do have the disabilities, I wouldn't need to imitate them, as do able-bodied actors when playing roles of disabled characters, so my role playing would look more natural IMHO.

My disabilities are: cerebral palsy; flat feet; speech and hearing trouble.


Article from Tabletennis.About.com:


Tony Martin, Disabled Table Tennis Player
By Sean O'Neill

Anthony Martin lives in Minneapolis and is currently 29-years of age [Note: I lived in Minneapolis at the time]. He is a disabled table tennis player with cerebral palsy, flat-footedness, and hearing disability. He became disabled at the age of about one year, due to an unfortunate medical error. Despite that level of disability, he is able to win tennis matches against able-bodied players. One of his strong abilities is in his serving. He plays table tennis with boundless vigor, such that his glasses sometimes drop off his face. Tony's playing acumen means that he can successfully use a medium bat, a soft bladder, and sometimes even a hard bat. His favorite table tennis styles include playing in "triples", in "quadruples", or even playing in "quintuples". In other words, these entertaining contests comprise of three, four, or even five players per a side, all playing at the same table.

As a matter of fact, Tony Martin has been playing table tennis since he was a child. Once he even played table tennis for eight hours in a row, finally defeating his non-disabled younger brother. The score in that epic match was 505:495 in his favor. Not content with table tennis, Anthony Martin is also a chess player, and plays that game at the level of a candidate. Tony participates in the US Table Tennis championship, and he would be interested in sponsorship in order to promote disabled sports.

Special talents: Roles of disabled sportsmen, particularly table tennis, also basketball