Melissa Tapper has achieved a rare feat without the fanfare
Never has an Australian athlete qualified for both the Olympics and Paralympics in the same year. Until now.
Table tennis player Melissa Tapper is that athlete but nowhere near the fanfare that accompanied runner Oscar Pistorius in London 2012 has surrounded this quietly spoken woman from suburban Melbourne.
Not even her own family kicked up much fuss. They had other celebrations in mind when Tapper drove back from Bendigo to Melbourne last weekend after winning qualification for singles and teams events in Rio for the Olympics, starting on   August 5. She will do the same events for the Paralympics, starting on  September 7. 
"I arrived back to a full house because my whole family was up because we were celebrating my brother Ashley turning 30 and his engagement last week," Tapper said. "So it was a non-stop weekend. I actually still haven't had much time to think about it a lot. I will get that time soon, I think." When the last point was won in Bendigo, there was no popping of champagne corks. "It was a funny day really. After the matches finished I had to go through the process of being drugs-tested. That took a few hours and then I just got in my car and drove home." Many athletes - both able-bodied and those with a disability - have swapped between Summer and Winter Games.
Several Olympic athletes overseas have suffered some kind of trauma resulting in paraplegia or limb amputation, and revived their -careers at the Paralympics.
But very few have just two weeks' rest in between Games and compete at both. Pistorius' quest to run in the 4x400m relay for South Africa in the London Olympics and then defend Paralympic medals made worldwide headlines. Four years earlier, fellow South African Natalie de Toit swam the 10km open water in the Beijing Olympics and then won five gold medals in the Paralympics pool.
Tapper is not the first table tennis star. Poland's Natalia Partyka played in both Games in London.
Tapper tried - and failed - to make the Athens, Beijing and London Olympic teams.
"I played against Natalia in London (Paralympics) semi--finals. I was so in awe of her but it still never crossed my mind that I might do it one day," she said.
"It never was an ambition to be the first person to compete at both Games. I've always just wanted to compete at my best. I work towards that every training session, so finally making the Olympic team is just a bonus." The 26-year-old sustained nerve damage in her right arm at birth and only has 30 per cent use.
"I can toss a ball up from my right hand to serve. Obviously I've adapted things like my balance when I play. Sometimes when I'm doing a drill I find (my right arm) has an impact on perfecting certain strokes," Tapper said.
Tapper first played table tennis at primary school during lunch. "No one has ever told me I was different or that I wouldn't make it. My whole life I've been treated the same way was everyone else.
"The people I've had around me were amazing. My sport teacher Mr (George) Fitzpatrick was a real driver for me.
"He could see some talent in me and the fact I loved sport. He encouraged it. "My parents (Diane and Charles) were exactly the same. No one ever discouraged me or told me I'd find it too hard." Her husband Simon Gerada, a former player and her coach, is one of her biggest cheerleaders. But there is no table set up at home."Our house isn't big enough for one," said Tapper, "but I think that's a good thing. We're very conscious of keeping things separate - professional at work and personal when we're at home."