Maria Tsaptsinos

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Maria Tsaptsinos
Nationality British
Born (1997-07-21) 21 July 1997 (age 25)
Reading, England
Playing style Shakehand, attacking
Highest ranking149 (May 2019)
Current ranking196 [1]
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Medal record
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Women's table tennis
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Team

Maria Tsaptsinos (born 21 July 1997) is an English table tennis player. [2] She competed for England in the Women's Team event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where she won a bronze medal alongside teammates Tin-Tin Ho and Kelly Sibley. [3] Tsaptsinos and Ho also competed in the Women's Doubles, reaching the quarter-finals.

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At English national level, Tsaptsinos has won the senior title for women's doubles five times in a row - from 2015 to 2017 with Tin-Tin Ho, in 2018 with Kelly Sibley and in 2019 again with Ho. She also twice won the singles title for Under 21s, in 2014 and 2016. [4] In 2019, she won the women's singles title for the first time. [5]

Tsaptsinos was supported while in education by Sport England's Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS). In July 2018 she was named as the winner of the TASS Star of the Year award for outstanding achievement in sport and/or study. [6]

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  2. "Gold Coast 2018 profile" . Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  3. "Commonwealth Games: England win women's team table tennis bronze". www.bbc.co.uk/sport.
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