Priscila Tommy Explained

Birth Date:	1991 5, df=y
Birth Place:	Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
Sport:	Table Tennis

Priscila Tommy (born 23 May 1991^[1]) is a ni-Vanuatu table tennis player.

She won gold in both the women's singles and team events at the 2007 South Pacific Games.^[2]

Tommy represented Vanuatu at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and was her country's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.^[3] She faced Slovakia's Eva Odorova, ranked 762 places above her, in her opening game,^[4] and lost in straight sets.^[5]

Tommy was selected to represent Vanuatu at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.^[6]

Tommy won a gold medal at the 2019 Pacific Games.

External links

• "Table Tennis-Olympian from the land of four tables" - an article about Tommy in Reuters, 16 August 2008
• Biography on the official website of the Beijing Olympics

Notes and References

1. http://melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Participants?ID=108337 Biography
2. http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=15385&Category= "Priscila Tommy in Roger Federer’s Footsteps?"
3. http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=15385&Category= "Priscila Tommy in Roger Federer’s Footsteps?"
4. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/feedarticle/7729490 "Table Tennis-Olympian from the land of four tables"
5. http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2339004.htm?tab=sport "Vanuatu's Priscilla Tommy loses table tennis bid"
6. http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2339004.htm?tab=sport "Vanuatu's Priscilla Tommy loses table tennis bid"