Mariana Sahakian
Mariana Sahakian 
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 Lebanon
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| Date of birth: | 2nd September 1977 |
| Place of birth: | Armenia |
| Playing hand: | Right |
| How to play: | Shakehand, attack |
| Current world rankings : | 370 |
| Best world ranking : | 269 (March 2018) |
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Mariana Sahakian (born September 2, 1977 in Armenia ) is a Lebanese table tennis player . She took part in the 2016 Olympic Games .
Career
Mariana Sahakian was born in Armenia, married in 2002 and thereby acquired Lebanese citizenship. She moved to Lebanon, stayed in Armenia from 2007 to 2014 and then returned to Lebanon.
At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, she was the third table tennis player in Lebanon (after Larissa Choueib (1996) and Nivine Mamjouglian (2012)) at the Olympic Games. To participate, Mariana Sahakian qualified at the Asian qualifying tournaments. She only competed in the individual competition and lost in the preliminary round against the Nigerian Funke Oshonaike .
In addition, Mariana Sahakian was represented at several world championships, around 1997 (for Armenia), 2006 , 2007 , 2016 , 2018 and 2019 . In doing so, she never came close to medal ranks.
Web links
- Brief portrait (French) (accessed October 29, 2019)
- Mariana Sahakian in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) (accessed October 29, 2019)
- Results overview (accessed October 29, 2019)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Sahakian Mariana: ranking history (ITTF) (accessed October 29, 2019)
- ↑ Mariana Sahakian: Elle s'est battue jusqu'au bout (French) (accessed October 29, 2019)
- ↑ Rio 2016 Olympic Games # TABLE TENNIS - PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES WOMEN , page 35 (W_Bio_Rio2016.pdf) (accessed October 29, 2019)
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| SURNAME | Sahakian, Mariana |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lebanese table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd September 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Armenia |