Nico Vergeylen
{{short description|Belgian para table tennis player}}
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| name = Nico Vergeylen
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| nickname = Nicky Boy
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| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|6 December 1968}}
| birth_place = Waasmunster, Belgium
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| hometown = Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
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| country = {{BEL}}
| sport = Para table tennis
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| disability_class = C8
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| retired = 2014
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{{Medal|Sport|Para table tennis}}
{{Medal|Country|{{BEL}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|Paralympic Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|2004 Athens|Men's teams C8}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver|2006 Montreux|Men's teams C8}}
{{Medal|Silver|2010 Beijing|Men's teams C8}}
{{Medal|Competition|European Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2007 Kranjska Gora|Men's teams C8}}
{{Medal|Silver|2003 Zagreb|Men's teams C8}}
{{Medal|Silver|2005 Jesolo|Men's teams C8}}
{{Medal|Silver|2009 Genoa|Men's teams C8}}
{{Medal|Bronze|1991 Salou|Men's teams C8}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2011 Split|Men's teams C8}}
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Nico Vergeylen (born 6 December 1968){{cite web |url=https://db.ipc-services.org/hira/results-books/open/book/41 |title=Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - Official Results Book |website=ipc-services.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |date=19 September 2004}} is a retired Belgian para table tennis player who competed in international level events. He was a Paralympic champion, double World silver medalist and six-time European medalist. He has won most of his team titles alongside Marc Ledoux and Mathieu Loicq.{{Cite web |access-date=10 September 2020 |title=Nico Vergeylen - IPTTF Profile |url=http://stats.ipttc.org/en/profiles/190 |website=International Para Table Tennis Federation}}{{Cite web |date=6 April 2016 |title=Nico Vergeylen in gallery of honour |language=Dutch |url=https://www.hln.be/in-de-buurt/sint-niklaas/nico-vergeylen-in-eregalerij~a61a6857/ |website=hln.be}}{{Cite web |access-date=10 September 2020 |title=Nico Vergeylen - IPC Profile |url=https://www.paralympic.org/nico-vergeylen |website=International Paralympic Committee}}
Vergeylen is now a table tennis coach who trains Florian Van Acker.{{Cite web |date=10 June 2015 |title=Florian number one in the world (in Dutch) |url=https://www.hln.be/in-de-buurt/langemark-poelkapelle/florian-nummer-1-van-de-wereld~a91226eb/ |website=hln.be}}{{Cite web |date=31 January 2017 |title=Golden Victor for Nico Vergeylen (in Dutch) |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20170130_02703462 |website=nieuwsblad.be}}
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Category:Belgian male table tennis players
Category:Paralympic table tennis players for Belgium
Category:Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
Category:Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Category:Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Category:Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Category:Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Category:People from Waasmunster