paralympic table tennis
Will Bayley MBE
World and Paralympic Table Tennis Champion
2014 World Champion | 7x Paralympic medals
2019 Strictly Come Dancing contestant
Will is a World and Paralympic Table Tennis Champion, winning his first world title in 2014. A four-times Paralympian, he has seven Paralympic Games medals: London 2012 (silver / bronze), Rio 2016 (gold / bronze) , Tokyo 2020 (two silvers) and Paris 2024 (silver).
Born with arthrogryposis, Will also battled cancer from a young age, eventually beating it in 2000. He started playing table tennis shortly after his recovery and the rest is history! Will was awarded his MBE in 2017 and in 2022 was named Sports Personality of the Year at the Sussex Sports Awards and was inducted into the Table Tennis England Hall of Fame.
After a star turn, voted through week-on-week in Strictly Come Dancing 2019, he was forced to withdraw from the competition after sustaining an injury. Wider TV work includes The Pilgrimage, The Last Leg, First Dates, Soccer AM, Loose Women, Celebrity Chase, Sunday Brunch and more. Brand work includes appearing on adverts for Channel 4 and Sainsburys and working with Holiday Inn, BUPA, Nestle, Allianz and ASOS.