Pradeeban Peter-Paul | |
Fullname: | Pradeeban Peter-Paul |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Residence: | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Playingstyle: | Shakehand |
Equipment: | Butterfly Gergely 21, Bryce Hard max |
Birth Date: | 17 May 1977 |
Birth Place: | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Height: | 6 ft 0 in |
Weight: | 165 lb |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Pradeeban Peter-Paul (born May 17, 1977) is a Tamil Canadian table tennis player.
Born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Pradeeban Peter-Paul emigrated with his family to Germany at the age of 11.[1] It was in Würzburg, Germany that Peter-Paul learned table tennis. When he left Germany in 1993 he was on the Bavarian provincial team and had won a junior doubles title. He started playing by the age of 14 At the age of 16 Peter-Paul moved to Canada. Peter-Paul represented Canada for the first time at the English Open in 1996 and has been with the national team for the past 12 years.
Peter-Paul can fluently speak Tamil, German, and English.[1] He qualified to play table tennis in the 2008 Olympics for Canada.[2]
Peter-Paul had a men's ITTF world ranking of 266th on 26 September 2011 with 1599 points.[3]