Caroline Kumahara

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Caroline Aiko Kumahara (born June 27, 1995 in São Paulo ) is a Brazilian table tennis player . She took part in the Olympic Games in 2012 .

Caroline Kumahara Table tennis player
Nation: BrazilBrazil Brazil
Size: 170 cm
Weight: 70 kg
Playing hand: right
How to play: Shakehand
Current world rankings : 164 Template: Infobox table tennis player / maintenance / local value
Best world ranking : 90 (March 2018)

Overview

Kumahara appeared internationally for the first time in 2012 and won the gold medal at the Intercontinental Cup. Because of her good performance, she was nominated for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where she met Yasmin Hassan Farah in the qualifying round . She was able to put them clearly in their place with 4-0, twice she even stayed without losing points. In the following tournament, however, she had to admit defeat to Cornelia Molnar . At the Volkswagen Cup in the same year she lost to Ariel Hsing after leading the set 2-0.

Further appearances followed in 2013 when she won bronze at the Spanish Open. She also took part in the World Cup in Paris , but retired as an outsider in the qualification. In 2014, Kumahara was the first ever player to qualify for the World Cup , but failed in the group stage after defeats against Germany's Wu Jiaduo and Lily Zhang .

At the Latin American Championships, she won bronze in the individual and bronze with the team. In 2015 she took part in the World Cup again and met Petrissa Solja , who later came third. The Brazilian finished the tournament again with defeats in qualification. At the Latin America Cup and the Panamerican Games, she came third in the individual. In 2016 she again won the title at the Latin American Championship and then became less and less apparent.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
BRA World Championship 2013 Paris FRA Agony last 64 last 32
BRA World Championship 2014 Tokyo JPN 21-26

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BRA World Championship 2015 Suzhou CHN Agony last 64
BRA World Championship 2016 Kuala Lumpur MAS 26.-31.

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BRA World Championship 2017 Dusseldorf GER last 128 Agony
BRA World Championship 2018 Halmstad SWE 21.– 26.

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BRA Olympic games 2012 London CLOSELY last 64 last 16
BRA Pan American Games 2015 Toronto CAN bronze silver
BRA Latin American Championships 2012 Rio de Janeiro BRA Quarter finals Quarter finals last 16 gold
BRA Latin American Championships 2013 San Salvador SLV gold Quarter finals gold gold
BRA Latin American Championships 2014 Santo Domingo DOM bronze bronze no participants gold
BRA Latin American Championships 2016 San Juan PRI bronze last 32 last 16 gold
BRA Latin America Cup 2012 San Jose United States gold
BRA Latin America Cup 2013 Santo Domingo DOM bronze
BRA Latin America Cup 2014 Asuncion PAR gold
BRA Latin America Cup 2015 Havana CUB gold
BRA ITTF Challenge Series 2017 Peru CHI gold
BRA ITTF World Tour 2018 Panagyurishte BUL Agony last 32

Equipment

Wood : Butterfly Custom

Forehand : Tenergy 05

Backhand : Tenergy 64

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Caroline Kumahara in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) (accessed November 7, 2018)
  2. ↑ Olympic: Women's Table Tennis Singles Preliminary Round - Brazil v Djibouti | London 2012 Olympics. July 28, 2012, accessed November 7, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Caroline Kumahara Bio, Stats, and Results. Retrieved November 7, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Caroline Kumahara - Butterfly online . In: Butterfly Online . ( butterflyonline.com [accessed November 7, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Kumahara, Caroline
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kumahara, Caroline Aiko (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH São Paulo