Pradeeban Peter-Paul

Pradeeban Peter-Paul
Full name Pradeeban Peter-Paul
Nationality Canadian
Residence Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Born (1977-05-17) May 17, 1977
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Equipment(s) Butterfly Gergely 21 , Bryce Hard max
Height 6'0"
Weight 165lbs

Pradeeban Peter-Paul (born May 17, 1977) is a Tamil Canadian table tennis player.

Born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Pradeeban Peter-Paul emigrated with his family to Germany at the age of 11.[1] It was in Würzburg, Germany that Peter-Paul learned table tennis. When he left Germany in 1993 he was on the Bavarian provincial team and had won a junior doubles title. At the age of 16 Peter-Paul moved to Canada. Peter-Paul represented Canada for the first time at the English Open in 1996 and has been with the national team for the past 12 years.

Peter-Paul can fluently speak Tamil, German, and English.[1] He qualified to play table tennis in the 2008 Olympics for Canada.[2]

Peter-Paul had a men's ITTF world ranking of 266th on 26 September 2011 with 1599 points.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Interview with Pradeeban Peter-Paul". usatt.org. December 6, 2005. Retrieved 2010.
  2. ↑ "BUTTERFLY PLAYERS: Pradeeban Peter-Paul". Butterfly. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
  3. ↑ http://www.the-sports.org/table-tennis-peter-paul-pradeeban-results-identity-detail-season-2008-s31-c2-b4-o19-w164123-u218.html

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