Parkinson's and Ping with Jan Fuller

About this episode

Jan Fuller discusses her journey in table tennis and the impact of Parkinson's on her life and sport.

ITTF World Parkinson’s Class 1 Gold Medalist 2021 and showcase gold medalist 2025 Jan Fuller joins me on Serving up Trouble to talk about her table tennis journey. Jan started playing TT as a young woman. A Parkinson’s diagnosis in 2012 led her to return to the sport, prompted by extraordinary research into the benefits of TT for the condition. Now she’s competed at the highest level, on the world stage! Find out more about Parkinson's Table Tennis Parkinson's UK: https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/magazine/stories/table-tennis-and-parkinsons Table Tennis England Parkinson's Toolkit: https://www.tabletennisengland.co.uk/news/2025/how-you-can-unleash-the-power-of-table-tennis-to-help-people-with-parkinsons/ Socials Follow us: ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@servinguptroublepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Read articles on ⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠

People in this episode

Guest: Jan Fuller

Topics covered

• Parkinson's
• table tennis
• sports
• health

Keywords

• ITTF
• World Parkinson’s Class 1 Gold Medalist
• 2021
• 2025

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Products: table tennis

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