Alfredo Carneros
| Alfredo Carneros | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Alfredo Carneros Beamud |
| Nationality |
 Spain |
| Born |
7 October 1978 Collado Mediano, Madrid, Spain |
| Playing style | Left-handed, classic[1] |
| Equipment(s) | Tibhar Samsonov[1] |
| Highest ranking | 129 (December 2008)[2] |
| Current ranking | 215 (February 2013)[2] |
| Club |
San Sebastian de los Reyes[1] |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) |
Alfredo Carneros Beamud (born October 7, 1978 in Collado Mediano, Madrid) is a Spanish table tennis player.[3] Carneros narrowly lost the bronze medal to his teammate Carlos Machado in the men's singles at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy.[4][5] As of February 2013, Carneros is ranked no. 215 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[2] Carneros is a member of the table tennis team for San Sebastian de los Reyes Sports Club in Madrid, and is coached and trained by Alejandro Maldonado.[1] He is also left-handed, and uses the classic grip.[1]
Carneros qualified for the men's singles tournament, as a 29-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving an allocation spot from the Final World Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary.[6] He defeated Egypt's Adel Massaad in the preliminary round, before losing out his next match to India's Achanta Sharath Kamal, with a final set score of 2–4.[7][8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "ITTF World Player Profile – Alfredo Carneros". ITTF. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "ITTF World Ranking – Alfredo Carneros". ITTF. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ↑ "Alfredo Carneros". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ↑ "Men's Singles Bronze Medal Match". Pescara 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ↑ "Carlos Machado Bronce en Pescara" [Carlos Machado wins bronze in Pescara] (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Tenis. 3 July 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ↑ "Players Qualified for the Olympic Games" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ↑ "Men's Singles First Round". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ↑ "Alfredo Carneros, eliminado en la primera ronda" [Alfredo Carneros, eliminated in the first round] (in Spanish). Soitu Espaňoles. 19 August 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2013.