Dexter Benedict St. Louis (21 March 1968 – 16 May 2019)[3] was a Trinidadian table tennis player.[4] In January 2013, he was ranked no. 342 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[2]
| Dexter St. Louis OLY[1] | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Trinidad and Tobago |
| Born | 21 March 1968 |
| Died | 16 May 2019 (aged 51) Bordeaux, France |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
| Highest ranking | 342 (January 2013)[2] |
| Club | S.A.G.CESTAS (France) |
St. Louis made his official debut for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he competed in the men's singles. He placed fourth in a group pool round against Brazil's Hugo Hoyama, Sweden's Jörgen Persson, and North Korea's Kim Song-Hui, with a total score of 82 points and a tally of 3 straight losses.
Twelve years after competing in his last Olympics, St. Louis qualified again for the men's singles, as a 40-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by winning the Latin American Qualification Tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[5] He lost the first preliminary round match to Canada's Zhang Peng, with a unanimous set score of 0–4.[6]
References
edit- ^ Laurence, Kwame (November 30, 2020). "St Louis gets 'OLY'". Trinidad Express Newspapers. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
- ^ a b "ITTF World Ranking". ITTF. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ^ Top ranked table tennis player Dexter St. Louis dies
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dexter St. Louis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ^ "Dexter St Louis on Stage in Santo Domingo for One Night Only". ITTF. 31 March 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ^ "Men's Singles Preliminary Round". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
External links
edit- Dexter St. Louis at World Table Tennis
- Dexter St. Louis at the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee at archive.today (archived April 16, 2013)
- Dexter St. Louis at the NBC 2008 Olympics website at the Wayback Machine (archived August 23, 2012)
- Dexter St. Louis at ittfranking.com at the Wayback Machine (archived August 1, 2014)
- Dexter St. Louis at Olympics.com