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Priscila Tommy

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Priscila Tommy
Personal information
Born (1991-05-23) May 23, 1991 (age 33)
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country Vanuatu
SportTable Tennis
Medal record
South Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Apia women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 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 was selected to represent Vanuatu at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.[6]

References

  1. ^ Biography Archived 1 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine on the official website of the 2006 Commonwealth Games
  2. ^ "Priscila Tommy in Roger Federer’s Footsteps?" Archived 12 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine, official ITTF website
  3. ^ "Priscila Tommy in Roger Federer’s Footsteps?" Archived 12 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine, 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" Archived 11 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Radio Australia, 18 August 2008
  6. ^ "Vanuatu's Priscilla Tommy loses table tennis bid" Archived 11 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Radio Australia, 18 August 2008