Walter Kilger

{{Short description|German para table tennis player}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|7 April 1962}}

| birth_place = Gotteszell, Germany

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| country = {{GER}}

| sport = Para table tennis

| disability = Paraplegia

| disability_class = C1

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{{Medal|Sport|Para table tennis}}

{{Medal|Country|{{GER}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|Paralympic Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2004 Athens|Singles C1}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2004 Athens|Teams C1-2}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2006 Montreux|Teams C1}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2005 Jesolo|Teams C1}}

{{Medal|Gold|2007 Kranjska Gora|Teams C1}}

{{Medal|Gold|2009 Genoa|Teams C1}}

{{Medal|Silver|1999 Frankfurt|Singles C1}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2003 Zagreb|Teams C1-2}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2005 Jesolo|Singles C1}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2007 Kranjska Gora|Singles C1}}

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Walter Kilger (born 7 April 1962){{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 German former para table tennis player. He is a three-time European champion, World silver medalist and a Paralympic bronze medalist.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=20 December 2021 |title=Walter Kilger - IPTTF Profile |url=http://stats.ipttc.org/en/profiles/699 |archive-date= |access-date= |website=International Para Table Tennis Federation}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=12 July 2020 |title=With the wheelchair to the top of the world: Walter Kilger from Gotteszell has achieved almost everything in table tennis (in German) |url=https://www.heimatsport.de/sportmix/3728109_Mit-dem-Rollstuhl-an-die-Weltspitze-Der-Gotteszeller-Walter-Kilger-hat-im-Tischtennis-fast-alles-erreicht.html |archive-date= |access-date= |website=Heimat Sport}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=20 December 2021 |title=Walter Kilger - IPC Profile |url=https://www.paralympic.org/walter-kilger |archive-date= |access-date= |website=International Paralympic Committee}} He was member of the German paralympic tabletennis team at the Paralympics 2000 in Sydney, 2004 in Peking and 2008. and won 2 bronze medals. He was decorated by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany with the Silver Laurel Leaf, Germany's highest sport award.Sportbericht der Bundesregierung an den Bunbestag - Drucksache 14/96119 - Seite 51 ... seit 1992 werden auch die Medaillengewinner der Paralympischen Spiele mit dem Silbernen Lorbeerblatt ausgezeichnet ... (translation: since 1992 all the winners of medals at Paralympic Games were also decorated with the Silver Laural Leaf)