Tag: Mima ITO
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13 Year Old Japanese Duo Create History
Magdeburg, Germany, Mar 31, 2014: Japanese 13 year olds Mima ITO and Miu HIRANO have created table tennis history by winning the women’s doubles event at the GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour Super Series German Open, which concluded today in Magdeburg, Germany. The victory means that the dynamic duo are the youngest ever pair…
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Last World Junior Championships for Bill Gates
Rabat – Morocco, Dec 1, 2013: The most important international junior table tennis event of the year, the 2013 ITTF World Junior Championships, has kicked off today in Rabat, Morocco. The event, which is heading to Africa for the second time, sees 192 players from 39 countries battle for 7 gold medals on offer: boys’…
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ITTF World Cadet Challenge Despite Hiccups
Otocec – Slovenia, Nov 04, 2013: 64 players from 33 countries have formed friendships, learned about other cultures and played some table tennis at the 2013 World Cadet Challenge, the world’s premier under-15 table tennis event, where players represent their continent instead of their countries. Asia reaffirmed their place at the top of the under-15…
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12 Year Old Secures Double Gold at ITTF
Chinese Taipei, July 28, 2013: 12-year-old table tennis sensation Mima ITO (JPN) has again showed the world why she is being touted as a future Olympic Champion, by winning the Cadet (under 15) and Junior (under 18) events at the 2013 ITTF Chinese Taipei Junior & Cadet Open. ITO successfully defended the titles that she…
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Lucky Loser, Li Xue Ousts Third Seed in Opening Round
Not in the best of form in the qualification phase and having to rely on a stroke of fortune to gain a place in the main draw, LI Xue of France caused the biggest upset on the third day of play, Friday 20th April 2012, at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour Spanish Open…
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The Youngest Ever, Japanese Prodigy Rewrites History, Not Once but Twice
By Ian Marshall, Switzerland, April 20, 2012: Japanese Prodigy, Winner of the Junior Girls’ Singles title at the Chinese Taipei Junior and Cadet Open on Sunday 18th September 2011, Mima ITO wrote history; she became the youngest ever winner on the ITTF Junior Circuit. She secured the title just one month prior to her eleventh…