Stefan Trofan
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| Born | 4 April 1962 Oldham, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 August 2008 (aged 46) Sheffield, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Spinal cord injury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | C3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stefan Trofan (4 April 1962 – 1 September 2008) was a British para table tennis player. In his childhood years, he was very interested in football and was a keen footballer, he was paralysed from the waist down aged 17 in a bike accident. He played alongside Neil Robinson and James Rawson in table tennis team events internationally. He coached Great Britain's Paralympic table tennis team for the 2008 Summer Paralympics.
He died of oesophageal cancer on 21 August 2008 in Sheffield surrounded by family, days before the Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China.