Fabio Rakotoarimanana
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| Born | 24 July 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 14 (18 July 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 22 (19 March 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Fabio Adrien Rakotoarimanana (born 24 July 2003) is a French-born table tennis player who switched allegiances to compete for Madagascar in 2022. He qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he was chosen as a flag-bearer and became Madagascar's first Olympic table tennis player.
Career
Rakotoarimanana began playing table tennis at the age of seven.[1] At the 2014 national championships, while competing in the in the benjamins (under-11) category, he won the silver medal in the singles event, and partnered with Alexis Lebrun to win gold in doubles.[2] In 2015, the pair of Rakotoarimanana and Lebrun won a bronze in the doubles event in the minimes (under-13) category,[3] followed by a silver-medal doubles finish in 2016.[4]
Rakotoarimanana competed at the Eurominichamps.
In April 2018, Rakotoarimanana partnered with Félix Lebrun to win the cadet (under-15) boys' doubles title at the Belgium Junior and Cadet Open.[5] In July, he competed in the cadet category at the European Youth Championships, where he won two gold medals in the boys' doubles and boys' team events.[6]
Rakotoarimanana was selected as a flag-bearer for Madagascar at the 2023 Francophone Games,[7] where he won silver in the singles event after losing to Eduard Ionescu in the final.[8]
In February 2024, Rakotoarimanana competed at the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships
Switch to Madagascar
In a 2018 interview, Rakotoarimanana expressed his desire to represent Madagascar in international competition.[1] In December 2022, his father announced that he had accepted an invitation from the Malagasy Table Tennis Federation to join the national team.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Tennis de table: Fabio Rakotomanana [sic] décide de rejoindre l'équipe nationale". NewsMada (in French). 17 December 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Les champions de France Benjamins - Cadets" (in French). Fédération française de tennis de table. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Résultats des Championnats de France Minimes Juniors 2015". Tennis2Table (in French). 1 June 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Minimes / Juniors : le palmarès en double" (in French). Fédération française de tennis de table. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Marshall, Ian (22 April 2018). "Yukari Sugasawa completes double, adds to title collection". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Daish, Simon (20 July 2018). "First titles awarded, success for France and Romania". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Raherinjatovo, Donné (27 July 2023). "JEUX DE LA FRANCOPHONIE - Fabio et Laura seront les porte-drapeaux malgaches". L'Express de Madagascar (in French). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Rasanda, Serge (4 August 2023). "JEUX DE LA FRANCOPHONIE - Le pongiste Fabio et la judokate Narindra en argent". L'Express de Madagascar (in French). Retrieved 1 August 2024.