Alfredo Carneros

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Alfredo Carneros
Full nameAlfredo Carneros Beamud
Nationality Spain
Born (1978-10-07) 7 October 1978 (age 45)
Collado Mediano, Madrid, Spain
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight102 kg (225 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed, classic[1]
Equipment(s)Tibhar Samsonov[1]
Highest ranking129 (December 2008)[2]
Current ranking215 (February 2013)[2]
ClubSan Sebastian de los
Reyes[1]

Alfredo Carneros Beamud (born 7 October 1978) is a Spanish table tennis player.[3] Carneros narrowly lost the bronze medal to his teammate Carlos Machado in the men's singles at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy.[4][5] As of February 2013, Carneros is ranked no. 215 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[2] Carneros is a member of the table tennis team for San Sebastian de los Reyes Sports Club in Madrid, and is coached and trained by Alejandro Maldonado.[1] He is also left-handed, and uses the classic grip.[1]

Carneros qualified for the men's singles tournament, as a 29-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving an allocation spot from the Final World Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary.[6] He defeated Egypt's Adel Massaad in the preliminary round, before losing out his next match to India's Sharath Kamal, with a final set score of 2–4.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "ITTF World Player Profile – Alfredo Carneros". ITTF. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "ITTF World Ranking – Alfredo Carneros". ITTF. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alfredo Carneros". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  4. Pescara 2009. Archived from the original
    on 2013-04-13. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  5. on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Players Qualified for the Olympic Games" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  7. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original
    on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Alfredo Carneros, eliminado en la primera ronda" [Alfredo Carneros, eliminated in the first round] (in Spanish). Soitu Espaňoles. 19 August 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2013.

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