Mariany Nonaka

Mariany Nonaka
Full name Mariany Mayumi Nonaka
Nationality  Brazil
Born 22 April 1988
São Paulo, Brazil
Playing style Right-handed, shakehand[1]
Highest ranking 258 (April 2009)[2]
Current ranking 406 (March 2012)[2]
Club Acrepa Sao Bernardo[1]
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)

Mariany Mayumi Nonaka (born April 22, 1988 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian table tennis player.[3] As of March 2012, Nonaka is ranked no. 406 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[2] She is a member of Acrepa Sao Bernardo Sports Club, and is coached and trained by Mauricio Kobayashi.[4] Nonaka is also right-handed, and uses the attacking, shakehand grip.[1]

Nonaka made her official debut, as a 16-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she competed only in the women's doubles. Playing with her partner Lígia Silva, Nonaka received a bye for the first round, before losing out to the Czech duo, Renáta Štrbíková and Alena Vachovcová, with a set score of 2–4.[5][6]

Four years after competing in her first Olympics, Nonaka qualified for her second Brazilian team, as a 20-year-old and a lone female table tennis player, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving a spot from the Latin American Qualification Tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[7] She lost the preliminary round match of the women's singles to Lithuania's Rūta Paškauskienė, with a unanimous set score of 0–4.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "ITTF World Player Profile – Mariany Nonaka". ITTF. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "ITTF World Ranking – Mariany Nonaka". ITTF. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Mariany Nonaka". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  4. ↑ Marshall, Ian. "An Unaccustomed Style of Play Ends Brazilian Progress". ITTF. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "Table Tennis: Women's Doubles". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "Brasileiras são eliminadas no tênis de mesa" [Brazilians are eliminated from table tennis] (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  7. ↑ Marshall, Ian (31 March 2008). "Lian Qian and Mariany Nonaka Set for Beijing Summer Olympics". ITTF. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  8. ↑ "Women's Singles Preliminary Round". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  9. ↑ "Mariany Nonaka perde e está fora no tênis de mesa" [Mariany Nonaka loses and is out of table tennis] (in Portuguese). Estadão.com.br. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2013.

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