Priscila Tommy

Priscila Tommy
Personal information
Born (1991-05-23) May 23, 1991
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country  Vanuatu
Sport Table Tennis
Medal record
South Pacific Games
2007 Apia women's doubles
2007 Apia women's singles

Priscila Tommy, born 23 May 1991,[1] is a ni-Vanuatu table tennis player.

She won gold in both the women's singles and team events at the 2007 South Pacific Games.[2]

Tommy represented Vanuatu at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and was her country's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.[3] She faced Slovakia's Eva Odorova, ranked 762 places above her, in her opening game,[4] and lost in straight sets.[5]

Tommy is expected to represent Vanuatu at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Biography on the official website of the 2006 Commonwealth Games
  2. ↑ "Priscila Tommy in Roger Federer’s Footsteps?", official ITTF website
  3. ↑ "Priscila Tommy in Roger Federer’s Footsteps?", official ITTF website
  4. ↑ "Table Tennis-Olympian from the land of four tables", Reuters, 16 August 2008
  5. ↑ "Vanuatu's Priscilla Tommy loses table tennis bid", Radio Australia, 18 August 2008
  6. ↑ "Vanuatu's Priscilla Tommy loses table tennis bid", Radio Australia, 18 August 2008



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