William John Bayley (born 17 January 1988) is a British professional Paralympic table tennis player, ranked world number 1.

[1][3][4] At the age of 12 he joined the Byng Hall Table Tennis Club in Tunbridge Wells, and went on to represent Kent's able bodied men's team.

[citation needed] Bayley was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to table tennis.

[11] The couple's Contemporary dance, to Lukas Graham's song "7 Years", was dedicated to the patients and staff at Great Ormond Street Hospital, where Bayley had been treated for cancer, aged seven.

Michael Hogan of The Daily Telegraph said the pair "... didn't leave a dry eye in the house after their beautiful, barefoot contemporary dance.