ARUNA Quadri

Date of Birth: 9 Aug 1988

Age: 32

Gender: Male

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: OYO

Birth Country:

Nigeria

Place of residence : MADALENA

Residence Country:

Portugal

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Men's Singles	17

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Men's Singles Round 3 #39 NGR ARUNA QARUNA Quadri 2 BRA TSUBOI GTSUBOI Gustavo 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Singles	Team
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	QF	1R
2012	London, GBR	2R	-

World Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles M	Doubles X	Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	3R	1R	-	-
2018	Halmstad, SWE	-	-	-	29
2017	Dusseldorf, GER	2R	2R	1R	-
2016	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	-	-	-	29
2015	Suzhou, CHN	1R	2R	1R	-
2014	Tokyo, JPN	-	-	-	29
2013	Paris, FRA	-	-	1R	-
2012	Dortmund, GER	-	-	-	32
2011	Rotterdam, NED	-	-	1R	-
2010	Moscow, RUS	-	-	-	31
2007	Zagreb, CRO	-	-	1R	-

Year	Location	Singles
2020	Weihai, CHN	Group Stage
2019	Chengdu, CHN	Last 16
2018	Paris, FRA	Group Stage
2017	Liege, BEL	Last 16
2016	Saarbrucken, GER	Group Stage

African Games

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles M	Team
2019	Rabat, MAR	2	QF	2

African Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles M	Team
2018	Port Louis, MRI	1	3	1
2016	Agadir, MAR	2	1	2

WTT Star Contender

Year	Location	Singles
2021	Doha, QAT	3R

ITTF Finals

Year	Location	Singles
2020	Zhengzhou, CHN	1R

ITTF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32	L64
2020	Singles	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-
2019	Singles	-	-	1x	-	2x	1x	-
2018	Singles	-	-	-	-	2x	1x	-
2017	Singles	-	-	1x	2x	-	-	-
2017	Doubles M	-	-	-	1x	1x	-	-

ITTF World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
3	2019	Singles	Bulgarian Open	Panagyurishte, BUL
3	2017	Singles	Bulgarian Open	Panagyurishte, BUL
Quarterfinal	2017	Singles	Swedish Open	Stockholm, SWE
Quarterfinal	2017	Singles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
Quarterfinal	2017	Doubles	Swedish Open	Stockholm, SWE
Last 16	2019	Singles	Korea Open	Busan, KOR
Last 16	2019	Singles	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong, CHN
Last 16	2018	Singles	Australian Open	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS
Last 16	2018	Singles	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong, CHN
Last 16	2017	Doubles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN

Legend
W - Winner, RU - Runner-up, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 4R - 4th Round, 3R - 3rd Round, 2R - 2nd Round, 1R - 1st Round, Prel. Rnd - Preliminary Round, L16 - Last 16, L32 - Last 32, L64 - Last 64, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed

The Forehand (ITTF, 26 Apr 2015)

Occupation:

Atlantic International University, Honolulu, HI, USA

Languages spoken:

TTC RhonSprudel Fulda-Maberzell [Germany]

Qing Yu Meng [club]; Nasiru Bello [national], NGR

Right (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

Sporting relatives:

His brother Femi Aruna and wife Aruna Olatunde Olateju Ganiyat have both played professional table tennis. (allafrica.com, 05 Dec 2015; phatill.wordpress.com, 15 Feb 2016)

He took up table tennis at age seven in 1996 in Oyo State, Nigeria. (Athlete, 19 Nov 2010; bbc.com, 12 Jun 2015)

"It was just for fun at first but I never knew how it would turn out. After training for three years in Oyo, Nigeria, I went to Lagos to play my first tournament. It was then I realised that I wanted to play the sport professionally." (bbc.com, 12 Jun 2015)

To win medals at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (henationonlineng.net, 09 Aug 2017)

Nigerian table tennis player Atanda Musa. (Athlete, 19 Nov 2010)

His family, and his first coach Oluwole Abolarin. (bbc.com, 12 Jun 2015; phatill.wordpress.com, 15 Feb 2016)

Philosophy:

"Tests are inevitable but patience is optional." (Facebook profile, 17 Apr 2020)

General Interest

Grip
Shakehand (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

Style of play
Attack (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

Milestones

In 2017 he became the first African player to compete in the European Champions League when he suited up for Sporting Lisbon. In the same year, he also became the first Nigerian to win a title at a Challenge Series event when he claimed the singles title at the 2017 Polish Open in Czestochowa. (ittf.com, 29 Aug 2017, 16 Oct 2017; SportsDeskOnline, 15 Jul 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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