Trinidadian table tennis player (1968–2019)
Dexter St. Louis |
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Nationality | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Born | (1968-03-21)21 March 1968 |
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Died | 16 May 2019(2019-05-16) (aged 51) Bordeaux, France |
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Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
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Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
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Highest ranking | 342 (January 2013)[1] |
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Club | S.A.G.CESTAS (France) |
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Dexter Benedict St. Louis OLY[2] (21 March 1968 – 16 May 2019)[3] was a Trinidadian table tennis player.[4] In January 2013, he was ranked no. 342 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[1]
St. Louis made his official debut for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he competed in the men's singles. He placed fourth in a group pool round against Brazil's Hugo Hoyama, Sweden's Jörgen Persson, and North Korea's Kim Song-Hui, with a total score of 82 points and a tally of 3 straight losses.
Twelve years after competing in his last Olympics, St. Louis qualified again for the men's singles, as a 40-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by winning the Latin American Qualification Tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[5] He lost the first preliminary round match to Canada's Zhang Peng, with a unanimous set score of 0–4.[6]
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