Human Interest |
Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Spain |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Immo Mortsel: Antwerp, BEL |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Music and football. (tt-top12.de 10/08/04) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Winning the 1996 African Table Tennis Championships. (Athlete 01/09/00) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
"Because I love it." |
General Interest |
Most influential person in career |
His family, "because of their love for the game." (Athlete 01/09/00) |
Hero / Idol |
Jan-Ove Waldner, "because he performed wonders." (Athlete 01/09/00) |
Ambitions |
To be able to defeat the top 20 players in the world and to start his own business. (Athlete 01/09/00) |
Awards and honours |
He was named the best table tennis player in Nigeria in 1995. (Athlete 01/09/00) |
Sport Specific Information |
Name of coach |
Babatunde Obisanya [national and personal coach] |
Coach from what year? |
1984 |
Handedness |
Right |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
At age 14 in Nigeria. |
International Debut |
Year |
1992 |
Competing for |
Nigeria |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete |
Languages |
English |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Massa. (Athlete 01/09/00) |
Sport Specific Information |
Coach from which country? |
Nigeria |
Further Personal Information |
Other names |
Ekundayo Kazeem |