26 Facts About Peter Norfolk

Peter Norfolk took up tennis and following a further spinal complication in 2000, he began competing in the quad division.

Peter Norfolk 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.

Peter Norfolk won the gold medal in the singles, and defended it at Beijing, as well as adding a bronze medal in the doubles.

Peter Norfolk competed in his third Paralympics in 2012 in London, where he was the flagbearer for Great Britain at the opening ceremony.

Peter Norfolk was hospitalised for over a year, and the disability resulted in him requiring a wheelchair.

Peter Norfolk became a wheelchair tennis player at the age of 30, having seen a demonstration at Stoke Mandeville.

Peter Norfolk plays with a tennis racket taped to his hand, and competes in the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour.

Peter Norfolk was the first person 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.

Peter Norfolk won a silver medal with Mark Eccleston in the quad doubles event.

Peter Norfolk represented Great Britain again at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, winning gold in the singles event and bronze in doubles with Jamie Burdekin.

Peter Norfolk sees the defeat in the semi-final as the biggest disappointment in his tennis career.

Wagner beat him at the 2011 Australian Open, marking the first occasion Peter Norfolk had been defeated in an Australian Open final, having previously defeated Wagner in on four occasions in 2004,2008,2009 and 2010.

Peter Norfolk regained the Australian Open title in 2012, beating Wagner in the final and becoming world number one once more.

Peter Norfolk was victorious once more in the doubles, teaming with Lapthorne again to defeat Wagner and his partner Noam Gershony.

Peter Norfolk carried the torch in Liverpool during the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay.

Peter Norfolk was the winner of both the singles and the doubles events in the pre-Paralympic test event at Eton Manor in May 2012.

Peter Norfolk is one of three men's quad division tennis players, alongside Burdekin and Lapthorne.

Peter Norfolk has finished the year as world number one on five occasions, and won the Team World Cup three times.

Peter Norfolk has a rivalry with Wagner, with the two swapping the number one and number two ranked positions in the quad division on a regular basis.

Peter Norfolk was awarded the Carl Aarvold Award for International Achievement by the Lawn Tennis Association in 2012.

Peter Norfolk was voted to carry the British flag at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in London.

Peter Norfolk was part of Channel Four's commentary team for the Tokyo Paralympics that were held in 2021.

In 1989, Peter Norfolk founded a company called Equipment for the Physically Challenged, which specialises in mobility equipment for physically disabled people.

Peter Norfolk is married to a sports physiotherapist named Linda, and has two children.

Peter Norfolk was named a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 2005, and an Officer of the British Empire in 2009, in both cases for services to disabled sport.

Peter Norfolk uses tennis rackets from Prince Sports, and his sports wheelchair is by Quickie Matchpoint.