KUMAHARA Caroline

Brazil

Table Tennis

Date of Birth: 27 Jul 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Youth Olympian

Place of birth: SAO PAULO

Birth Country:

Brazil

Place of residence : LINARES

Residence Country:

Spain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Women's Team BRA Brazil	9

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Women's Team Round of 16 #5 HKG Hong Kong, China 3 BRA Brazil 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

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

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	Singles	Team X
2010	Singapore, SIN	Second Stage	Last 16

World Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Doubles X	Team
2018	Halmstad, SWE	-	-	-	20
2017	Dusseldorf, GER	1R	1R	2R	-
2016	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	-	-	-	21
2015	Suzhou, CHN	1R	2R	3R	-
2014	Tokyo, JPN	-	-	-	25
2013	Paris, FRA	2R	1R	2R	-
2012	Dortmund, GER	-	-	-	36

Pan American Games

Year	Location	Team
2019	Lima, PER	2

Pan Am Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Doubles X	Team
2019	Asuncion, PAR	2R	QF	1R	2
2018	Santiago, CHI	2R	-	-	1

ITTF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32	L64
2020	Doubles W	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-

ITTF World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
Last 16	2020	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

Nickname:

Carol (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 17 Jun 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete

Languages spoken:

English, Portuguese

Coach:

Hugo Hoyama [national], BRA

Hand:

Right (cbtm.org.br, 01 Jan 2018)

Sporting relatives:

Her brother Caio Kumahara [known as Caio Japa] has played for the Minerva Futsal club in Switzerland. (zerozero.pt, 20 Jun 2020; ceroacero.es, 01 May 2016; espn.uol.com.br, 01 Jul 2015)

Reason:

She took up the sport when her family moved from an apartment to a house and her father bought a table tennis table. She originally played futsal but her father encouraged her to get involved in an individual sport instead. (ITTF YouTube channel, 26 Oct 2015)

Memorable:

Playing in her first match at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 02 Mar 2021)

Influence:

Her father. (ITTF YouTube channel, 26 Oct 2015)

Philosophy:

"With regard to performance, commitment, effort, dedication, there is no middle ground. Either you do something very well or you do not." [Ayrton Senna] (Facebook profile, 29 May 2016)

General Interest

Grip
Shakehand (cbtm.org.br, 01 Jan 2018)

Style of play
Attack (cbtm.org.br, 01 Jan 2018)

General
CONSIDERING RETIREMENT
She lost her drive for table tennis following the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and considered retiring from the sport. "Between 2017 and 2019, I lost my motivation and nearly quit playing table tennis. During that period, I was training much less." (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 02 Mar 2021)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/caroline.kumahara
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/c.kumahara/
https://instagram.com/c.kumahara
Athlete Website: http://cbtm-carolinekumahara.blogspot.com

Legend

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

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