Lígia Silva

Lígia Silva (born March 6, 1981 in Manaus ) is a Brazilian table tennis player . She took part in three Olympic Games and 13 world championships .

activities

Lígia Silva started playing table tennis at the age of 13. She qualified for participation in the 2000 , 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics , but usually suffered significant defeats. Only in 2012 she managed to win a single against Anolyn Lulu from the island nation of Vanuatu; then she was eliminated by the Australian Jian-Fang Lay. Between 1999 and 2014 Lígia Silva took part in 13 world championships . Here, too, the international competition proved to be too powerful, they never came close to medal ranks.

She won twelve gold medals at Latin American championships:

• 1998: team competition
• 2005: doubles and team
• 2006: individual, mixed, team
• 2007: team
• 2009: singles, doubles, mixed
• 2010: Mixed, team

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
BRA	Latin America Cup	2011	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	5th place
BRA	Latin American Championship	2010	Cancun	MEX	silver	Semifinals	gold	gold
BRA	Latin American Championship	2009	San Salvador	ESA	gold	gold	gold
BRA	Latin American Championship	2007	Guarulhos	BRA	silver	Semifinals		gold
BRA	Latin American Championship	2006	Medellin	COL	gold		gold	gold
BRA	Latin American Championship	2005	Punta Del Este	URU	silver	gold	Semifinals	gold
BRA	Latin American Championship	2004	Valvidia	CHI	Semifinals	silver	silver	silver
BRA	Latin American Championship	2003	El Salvador	ESA		Semifinals
BRA	Latin American Championship	2000	Coquimbo	CHI	8th place	Semifinals	Semifinals
BRA	Latin American Championship	1998	Mexico city	MEX	Quarter finals			gold
BRA	Olympic games	2012	London	CLOSELY	last 128			9
BRA	Olympic games	2004	Athens	GRE	last 128	last 64
BRA	Olympic games	2000	Sydney	OUT	1 round
BRA	Pan American Games	2011	Guadalajara	MEX	Quarter finals
BRA	Pan American Games	1999	Winnipeg	CAN	Quarter finals
BRA	Pro tour	2014	Santos	BRA	last 16
BRA	Pro tour	2014	Buenos Aires	ARG	Quarter finals
BRA	Pro tour	2013	Santos	BRA	last 16
BRA	Pro tour	2012	Santos	BRA	last 32	last 16
BRA	Pro tour	2012	Santiago de Chile	CHI	last 32	Quarter finals
BRA	Pro tour	2012	Budapest	HUN		last 16
BRA	Pro tour	2011	Schwechat	AUT	last 64
BRA	Pro tour	2011	Santiago de Chile	CHI	last 16	Quarter finals
BRA	Pro tour	2011	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	last 16	Quarter finals
BRA	Pro tour	2008	Belo Horizonte	BRA		last 16
BRA	Pro tour	2008	Belo Horizonte	BRA	last 32
BRA	Pro tour	2007	Santiago	CHI	last 64
BRA	Pro tour	2007	Belo Horizonte	BRA	last 64	last 16
BRA	Pro tour	2006	Santiago	CHI	last 64
BRA	Pro tour	2006	Sao Paulo	BRA	last 32	last 16
BRA	Pro tour	2005	Santiago	CHI		last 16
BRA	Pro tour	2005	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	last 32	last 16
BRA	Pro tour	2004	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	last 32
BRA	Pro tour	2004	Santiago	CHI	last 16	Quarter finals
BRA	Pro tour	2003	Rio	BRA		last 16
BRA	Pro tour	2002	São Paulo	BRA	last 32	last 16
BRA	Pro tour	2002	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 64
BRA	Pro tour	2001	Sao Paulo	BRA	1 round	Quarter finals
BRA	Pro tour	2000	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	1 round	1 round
BRA	Pro tour	2000	Kobe	JPN		1 round
BRA	Pro tour	1999	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	last 32	1 round
BRA	Pro tour	1997	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	1 round
BRA	Pro tour	1996	Rio de Janeiro	BRA		Semifinals
BRA	World Championship	2015	Suzhou	CHN	last 128
BRA	World Championship	2014	Tokyo	JPN				25th
BRA	World Championship	2013	Paris	FRA	last 128		last 64
BRA	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				36
BRA	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 128	Agony	last 64
BRA	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				28
BRA	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	last 128	last 64	Agony
BRA	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	CRO	Agony	Agony	last 128
BRA	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				36
BRA	World Championship	2003	Paris	FRA	last 128	last 64	Agony
BRA	World Championship	2001	Osaka	JPN	Agony	last 64	last 128	50
BRA	World Championship	2000	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				46
BRA	World Championship	1999	Eindhoven	NED	Agony	last 64	last 128
BRA	World cup	2006	Urumqi	CHN	13-16 space
BRA	WTC World Team Cup	2010	Dubai	UAE				10th place

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brief portrait (accessed on February 7, 2019)

Web links

• Lígia Silva in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ) (accessed February 7, 2019)
• ITTF database (accessed February 7, 2019)