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Horatio Pintea

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Horatio Pintea
Nationality Canada
BornNovember 11, 1962 (1962-11-11) (age 62)
Oradea, Romania
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1987 Indianapolis Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1983 Caracas Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 1983 Caracas Team
Silver medal – second place 1991 Havana Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Indianapolis Team
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Havana Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Havana Team
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Mar del Plata Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Mar del Plata Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Mar del Plata Team
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Winnipeg Team

Horatio Pintea (born November 11, 1962) is a Canadian table tennis player. Originally from Romania, Horatio arrived in Canada in 1982. As a table tennis athlete Horatio has represented Canada in international competition from 1982 until 2001. During his time on the National Team he has participated in all major competitions in the world including the 1988 and 1996 Olympics as well as numerous World Championships, World Cups (teams, singles and doubles). Just to demonstrate his longevity on the team, Horatio has represented Canada in 5 Pan American Games ( the Games are held every 4 years ) and has managed to capture at least one medal in each of the Pan American Games

Over the years Horatio has accumulated a great wealth of expertise in the field of table tennis. While playing professionally in Germany from 1990 to 1994 he had the opportunity to work as a coach for one of the most successful professional table tennis teams in the German league: SPVG Steinhagen the host club of some great table tennis names: Peter Karlsson, Johnny Huang, Carl Prean, Torben Wosik, Richard Prause, Lijuan Geng, Nicole Struse, Jie Schopp just to name a few.

Since 2008 Horatio and Geng Lijuan have been coaching on a regular basis at the Geng Table Tennis Academy working with kids from 6 years of age to 15.

References

  • "PINTEA Horatio (CAN)". ITTF.com. International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.


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