Sarah Hanffou Explained

Sarah Hanffou (born 8 October 1986, in Roubaix, France) is a Cameroonian table tennis player. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's singles.^[1] She beat Tvin Moumjoghlian in the preliminary round, before losing 4 - 1 to Xian Yi Fang in the first round proper.^[2]

In November 2015, Hanffou received the Athletes in Excellence Award from The Foundation for Global Sports Development, in recognition of her community service efforts and work with youth.^[3] Since 2018, she also counts among the ITTF Foundation ambassadors to help raise awareness of social issues, and use her talent and status to bring about positive social changes.^{[4] [5]}

She qualified to represent Cameroon at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sarah Hanffou. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418050409/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/sarah-hanffou-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 31 October 2015.
2. Web site: singles women results - Table Tennis - London 2012 Olympics. www.olympic.org. 2016-05-07.
3. Web site: Sarah Hanffou gets reward for humanitarian service ITTF-Africa. www.ittfafrica.com. en-GB. 2017-02-08.
4. Web site: Our Ambassadors - ITTF Foundation. 2021-05-10. www.ittffoundation.org.
5. Web site: ETTU.org - ITTF Foundation Established to Build Solidarity Through Table Tennis. 2021-05-10. www.ettu.org. en.
6. Web site: Jeux Olympiques Tokyo 2020: Le point sur la préparation camerounaise. 2021-04-08. www.cameroon-tribune.cm. en.