Jump to content

Sarah Hanffou

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sarah Hanffou in 2024

Sarah Hanffou (born 8 October 1986, in Roubaix, France[1]) is a Cameroonian table tennis player. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's singles.[1] She beat Tvin Moumjoghlian in the preliminary round, before losing 4 - 1 to Xian Yi Fang in the first round proper.[1][2]

In November 2015, Hanffou received the Athletes in Excellence Award from The Foundation for Global Sports Development, in recognition of her community service efforts and work with youth.[3] Since 2018, she also counts among the ITTF Foundation ambassadors to help raise awareness of social issues, and use her talent and status to bring about positive social changes.[4][5]

She qualified to represent Cameroon at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c "Sarah Hanffou". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  2. ^ "singles women results - Table Tennis - London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  3. ^ "Sarah Hanffou gets reward for humanitarian service | ITTF-Africa". www.ittfafrica.com. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  4. ^ "Our Ambassadors - ITTF Foundation". www.ittffoundation.org. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  5. ^ "ETTU.org - ITTF Foundation Established to Build Solidarity Through Table Tennis". www.ettu.org. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  6. ^ "Jeux Olympiques Tokyo 2020: Le point sur la préparation camerounaise". www.cameroon-tribune.cm. Retrieved 2021-04-08.