Monday Merotohun
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Nationality | Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ado-Odo, Ogun, Nigeria | 2 November 1977|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing style | Right-handed, shakehand[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 184 (August 2002)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 292 (September 2012)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | AS TT Sport Club Etna Riposto[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Monday Merotohun (born 2 November 1977 in
Merotohun made his official debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in both the singles and doubles tournaments. For his first event, the men's singles, Merotohun defeated Democratic Republic of the Congo's Momo Babungu in the preliminary round, before losing out his next match to Swedish table tennis player and five-time Olympian Jörgen Persson, with a set score of 1–4.[5] Merotohun also teamed up with four-time Olympian Segun Toriola in the men's doubles, where they lost the first round match to the U.S. pair, Mark Hazinski and Ilija Lupulesku (former Olympic silver medalist from Serbia), receiving a unanimous set score of 0–4.[6][7]
Four years after competing in his first Olympics, Merotohun qualified for his second Nigerian team, as a 30-year-old, at the
References
- ^ a b c d "ITTF World Player Profile – Monday Merotohun". ITTF. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ a b c "ITTF World Ranking – Monday Merotohun". ITTF. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Monday Merotohun". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ "African table tennis qualifiers to Beijing Olympic Games unveiled". Xinhua News Agency. 22 July 2007. Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ "Olympics: Hazinski, Lupulesku wake up, win in doubles opener". Scripps Howard News Service. Naples Daily News. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ Marshall, Ian (22 July 2007). "Hat-Trick for Segun Toriola in All Nigerian Final". ITTF. Archived from the original on 29 December 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- NBC Olympics. Archived from the originalon 21 August 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- NBC Olympics. Archived from the originalon 21 August 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- NBC Olympics. Archived from the originalon 21 August 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
External links
- Monday Merotohun at World Table Tennis
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 23 August 2012)
- Monday Merotohun at Olympics.com
- Monday Merotohun at Olympedia