Congratulations to the latest inductee into the Emmanuel College Roll of Honour, Nathan Pellissier (SPC 2009-2010).

Nathan is an Australian Paralympic table tennis player, who has overcome significant challenges to represent Australia at the highest level.

While a student at Emmanuel College, Nathan won gold medals in the teams and doubles events, and two silver medals in the singles, at the National Table Tennis Championships.

Despite having to undergo several surgeries and bone grafts, which prevented him from competing at the Rio Paralympics in 2016, Nathan persevered - in 2017 alone, he won gold medals at three major international championships. He has been Australian national singles champion three times and Oceania champion twice in his class, and has represented Australia at three World Championships.

Nathan was named co-captain of the Australian table tennis team for Tokyo 2020, where he teamed up with Ma Lin and Joel Coughlan in the men's team C9-10, finishing second behind China to claim the silver medal.

We wish him all the best as he heads to Paris for the 2024 Paralympic Games.