Oye Jemiyo hopes to compete in the 2016 Paralympics
Oye Jemiyo has won his first international medal after competing at the US Open Disabled Table Tennis International Championships in San Diego.
The 37-year-old Bradford athlete earned bronze in the class two wheelchair singles event, while also winning bronze in the class one and two team section.
Jemiyo, who is ranked eighth in Great Britain and 50th in the world, has been playing table tennis for 19 years.
He started at the Oakbank Club and now trains with the national squad in Sheffield, where he hopes to win a place in the 2016 Paralympics.
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