Dexter St. Louis Explained
Dexter St. Louis |
Birth Date: | 21 March 1968 |
Death Place: | Bordeaux, France |
Weight: | 800NaN0 |
Hrank: | 342 (January 2013) |
Club: | S.A.G.CESTAS (France) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Dexter Benedict St. Louis [1] (21 March 1968 – 16 May 2019)[2] was a Trinidadian table tennis player.[3] In January 2013, he was ranked no. 342 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[4]
St. Louis made his official debut for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he competed in the men's singles. He placed fourth in a group pool round against Brazil's Hugo Hoyama, Sweden's Jörgen Persson, and North Korea's Kim Song-Hui, with a total score of 82 points and a tally of 3 straight losses.
Twelve years after competing in his last Olympics, St. Louis qualified again for the men's singles, as a 40-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by winning the Latin American Qualification Tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[5] He lost the first preliminary round match to Canada's Zhang Peng, with a unanimous set score of 0–4.[6]
Notes and References
- Web site: St Louis gets 'OLY' . November 30, 2020 . Laurence . Kwame . . August 16, 2021.
- https://www.tv6tnt.com/news/top-ranked-table-tennis-player-dexter-st-louis-dies/article_12e4ce54-7814-11e9-895e-e7e6e084c527.html Top ranked table tennis player Dexter St. Louis dies
- Dexter St. Louis. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115549/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/dexter-st-louis-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 12 January 2013.
- Web site: ITTF World Ranking . . 12 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041208/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Siniors=1&Player_ID=108921 . 4 March 2016 .
- News: Dexter St Louis on Stage in Santo Domingo for One Night Only . . 31 March 2008 . 12 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002154/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?Year=&General_Catigory=&ID=15113&Category=&Competition_ID=&Player_ID=108921& . 4 March 2016 .
- Web site: Men's Singles Preliminary Round . . 12 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821072659/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/tabletennis/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DTTM001908/index.html . 21 August 2012 .