Ashley Facey
Stratford, London Ashley Facey
Stratford, LondonBiography
A keen sports fan, Ashley started playing table tennis in year 7 at Morpeth School in Bethnal Green, East London and immediately impressed coaches with his talent. Having played against GB international Aaron McKibbin in tournaments around England he was called up by the GB Para Table Tennis Team to play a competition in Romania and joined the GB Performance squad in 2009.
Although he just missed out on the team for London 2012 he was selected for the Paralympic Inspiration Programme and competed in his first Paralympic Games in Rio 2016. The following year he moved to Sheffield to train full time with the GB squad and won his first major championship medal at the European Championships in 2017, taking silver in the men’s class 10 team event with Kim Daybell.
He reached the quarter-finals in the men’s class 9 singles at the World Championships in 2018 and the Europeans in 2019 and was awarded a wildcard to compete in Tokyo where he was unlucky not to progress from his group in the men’s class 9 singles and reached the quarter-finals of the men’s class 9-10 team event with Joshua Stacey.
Major appearances and career highlights
| Paralympic Games | Tokyo | 2021 | Men’s Class 9-10 Team QF Men’s Class 9 Singles group stage |
| European Championships | Sweden | 2019 | Men’s Class 10 Team bronze |
| European Championships | Slovenia | 2017 | Men’s Class 10 Team silver |
| Paralympic Games | Rio | 2016 | Men’s Class 9-10 Team QF Men’s Class 9 Singles group stage |
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‘A big decision’, admits double Paralympian Ash Facey as he retires
Two-time Paralympian Ashley Facey has retired from table tennis to take up a role as a sales rep with Enovis - a company that makes orthopaedic implants.
Three British pairs win gold at Czech Para Open
There were plenty of positives for the British Para table tennis team to take into the Paralympic Games in Paris after taking three gold medals in the doubles events on the final day of the ITTF Czech Para Open in Ostrava.