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| Nationality | French |
| Born | 5 October 1998 Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe |
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| Sport | Table tennis |
Alexandre Cassin (born 5 October 1998) is a French table tennis player. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics for France. [1]
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | French |
| Born | 5 October 1998 Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Table tennis |
Alexandre Cassin (born 5 October 1998) is a French table tennis player. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics for France. [1]
Yu Mengyu is a retired Singaporean table tennis player. Born in Liaoning, China, Yu left China in 2006 at the age of 17 to join the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme. In the same year, Yu made her international debut for Singapore.
Lisa Daniela "Danni" Di Toro is an Australian wheelchair tennis and para table tennis player. Di Toro was the 2010 French Open doubles champion and has also been the Masters double champion. In singles, Di Toro is the former world number one and two time masters finalist. In 2015, she moved to para-table tennis and represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, where she was team captain with Kurt Fearnley. At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, her seventh Paralympics, she was the team captain and Opening Ceremony flag bearer with Ryley Batt. She competed at her eight Paralympics in Paris.
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Chen Meng is a Chinese professional table tennis player and Olympic champion. She joined the provincial team when she was 9 and joined the national team when she was only 13 in 2007. She is the women's singles champion of the ITTF Women's World Cup in 2020, the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 and also at the inaugural WTT Singapore Smash. She is also the silver medalist of women's singles in the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships and a double gold medalist in the 2020 Summer Olympics. She obtained her second gold medal in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
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Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was held between 24 July and 1 August 2021 at the Ariake Tennis Park.
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France competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
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Huang Wenjuan is a Chinese para table tennis player. She won the silver medal in the women's individual C8 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She also won the gold medal in the women's team C6–8 event. In 2024, she won two gold medals at the Summer Paralympics held in Paris, France.
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