Atanda Musa

Atanda Musa (born 3 February 1960) is a Nigerian table tennis player. He represented Nigeria at two Summer Olympics in 1988 and 1992, taking part in both the singles and doubles events.[1]

In 1982, he won the table tennis singles event at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships (in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), before partnering with Sunday Eboh to take the doubles gold in the same discipline.

Along with Francis Sule, Atanda, again, won the table tennis doubles gold medal at the 1985 Commonwealth Games.[2] In 1991, with Bose Kaffo as partner, he won the Commonwealth Games' Mixed Doubles event for table tennis.

Arguably one of the best table tennis players to contest out of Africa, Musa's backhand play, and the loop associated with it remains his pièce de résistance.

10-time African Men's Table Tennis Singles Champion,[3] Atanda Musa currently lives and coaches table tennis in the United States of America.

References

  1. ↑ "Sports Reference Profile". Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Musa, Atanda. "Former Champions - The Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation Limited". www.comtt.org. The Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation Limited. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Musa, Atanda. "Atanda Musa: Player & Coach". www.usatt.net. USA Table Tennis. Retrieved 3 January 2015.


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