Mariany Nonaka
Mariany Nonaka | |
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Full name | Mariany Mayumi Nonaka |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | São Paulo, Brazil | 22 April 1988
Playing style | Right-handed, shakehand[1] |
Highest ranking | 258 (April 2009)[2] |
Current ranking | 406 (March 2012)[2] |
Club | Acrepa Sao Bernardo[1] |
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) |
Mariany Mayumi Nonaka (born April 22, 1988 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian table tennis player.[3] As of March 2012, Nonaka is ranked no. 406 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[2] She is a member of Acrepa Sao Bernardo Sports Club, and is coached and trained by Mauricio Kobayashi.[4] Nonaka is also right-handed, and uses the attacking, shakehand grip.[1]
Nonaka made her official debut, as a 16-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she competed only in the women's doubles. Playing with her partner Lígia Silva, Nonaka received a bye for the first round, before losing out to the Czech duo, Renáta Štrbíková and Alena Vachovcová, with a set score of 2–4.[5][6]
Four years after competing in her first Olympics, Nonaka qualified for her second Brazilian team, as a 20-year-old and a lone female table tennis player, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving a spot from the Latin American Qualification Tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[7] She lost the preliminary round match of the women's singles to Lithuania's Rūta Paškauskienė, with a unanimous set score of 0–4.[8][9]
References[]
- ^ a b c "ITTF World Player Profile – Mariany Nonaka". ITTF. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ a b c "ITTF World Ranking – Mariany Nonaka". ITTF. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mariany Nonaka". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ Marshall, Ian. "An Unaccustomed Style of Play Ends Brazilian Progress". ITTF. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ "Table Tennis: Women's Doubles". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ "Brasileiras são eliminadas no tênis de mesa" [Brazilians are eliminated from table tennis] (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ Marshall, Ian (31 March 2008). "Lian Qian and Mariany Nonaka Set for Beijing Summer Olympics". ITTF. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ "Women's Singles Preliminary Round". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ "Mariany Nonaka perde e está fora no tênis de mesa" [Mariany Nonaka loses and is out of table tennis] (in Portuguese). Estadão.com.br. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
External links[]
- Mariany Nonaka at the International Table Tennis Federation
- Profile – UOL Esporte (in Portuguese)
- NBC Olympics Profile
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Brazilian female table tennis players
- Brazilian people of Japanese descent
- Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic table tennis players of Brazil
- Sportspeople from São Paulo
- South American Games gold medalists for Brazil
- South American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- South American Games medalists in table tennis
- Competitors at the 2006 South American Games
- Table tennis biography stubs
- Brazilian sportspeople stubs