Philippine Table Tennis Federation

Philippine Table Tennis Federation

Sport	Table Tennis
Abbreviation	PTTFI
Founded	1951
Affiliation	International Table Tennis Federation
Affiliation date	1951
President	Ting Ledesma
Chairman	Atty. Domingo Panlilio
Official website
www.facebook.com/philtabletennisfederationinc/

The Philippine Table Tennis Federation, Inc. (PTTFI) is the national governing body for table tennis in the Philippines. It is recognised by the Philippine Olympic Committee, ^[1] Southeast Asian Table Tennis Association, the Asia Table Tennis Union, and the International Table Tennis Federation. ^[2]

History

The Table Tennis Association of the Philippines(TATAP) ^[3] was formed in 1951 as a governing body for table tennis in the Philippines. In 2016, the Philippines Olympic Committee(POC) defunct TATAP as member of the National Sports Association(NSA). ^[4] Philippine Table Tennis Federation, Inc.(PTTFI) replaced TATAP, which was later certified as a regular member of POC and the recognise by NSA as the sole governing body for table tennis. ^[5]

Tournaments hosted

Year	Tournament	Location
1957	Asian Table Tennis Championships	Manila
1963	Asian Table Tennis Championships	Manila
2014	GAC Group ITTF World Tour Philippine Open Challenge Series	Subic Bay, Olongapo city
2015	GAC Group ITTF World Tour Philippine Open Challenge Series	Subic Bay, Olongapo city

Athletes

Olympics

Ian Lariba is the first Filipino table tennis player to compete at the Olympic Games. ^[6]

Tournament	Athlete	Event
2016 Olympics Rio de Janeiro	Ian Lariba	Women's singles

Paralympics

Josephine Medina is the first Filipino table tennis player to compete at the Paralympics Game, 2012. ^[7] She also became the first Filipino table tennis player to earn a medal in Paralympics, 2016. ^[8]

Tournament	Athlete	Event	Medal
2012 Paralympics London	Josephine Medina	Singles class 8	4
2016 Paralympics Rio de Janeiro	Josephine Medina	Singles class 8

SEA Games

Richard Gonzales is a multiple medalist at the Southeast Asian Games in Table Tennis.

• Singles: (2005, 2015), (1999, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2019)
• Doubles: (2011)
• Team: (2005)

References

1. "National Sports Associations - Regular Members".
2. "Ittf Directory". ittf.
3. "Olymips – Olympic Table Tennis Association". Archived from the original on 2015-08-14.
4. "Sports reform group formed". philstar. Bill Velasco.
5. "POC Certification".
6. "Rio 2016: Ian Lariba". Rappler. Naveen Ganglani. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
7. "Against all odds". inquirer.net. Jasmine W. Payo. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
8. "Josephine Medina wins the Philippines' first medal in Rio". paralympic.org. Retrieved 18 October 2019.