Johenny Valdez
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| Full name | Johenny Valdez Reyes | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Dominican Republic | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 December 1986 | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
Table tennis career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Right-handed, classic[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 502 (January 2012)[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 542 (February 2013)[2] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Johenny Valdez Reyes (born 12 December 1986) is a Dominican table tennis player.[3] She won a gold medal in the women's team event at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.[4] As of February 2013, Valdez is ranked no. 542 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[2] She is also right-handed, and uses the classic grip.[1]
Valdez qualified for the inaugural women's team event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving a continental spot for the Americas under the ITTF's Computer Team Ranking List.[5] Playing with Chinese emigrants Lian Qian and Wu Xue, Valdez placed fourth in the preliminary pool round, against China, Austria, and Croatia, with a total of three points and three straight losses.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "ITTF World Player Profile – Johenny Valdez". ITTF. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ^ a b c "ITTF World Ranking – Johenny Valdez". ITTF. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joenny Valdez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
Full name: Joenny Valdez Reyes
- ^ "Tenis de mesa y taekwondo aportan al medallero RD" [Table tennis and taekwondo contributed to Dominican Republic] (in Spanish). Dominicanos Hoy. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ^ "Teams Qualified for the Olympic Games" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ^ "Women's Team Group A (CHN–DOM)". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ^ "Women's Team Group A (CRO–DOM)". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
External links
[edit]- Johenny Valdez at World Table Tennis
- Johenny Valdez Reyez at NBC 2008 Olympics website at the Wayback Machine (archived 23 August 2012)
- Johenny Valdez Reyez at Olympics.com
- Johenny Valdez Reyez at Olympic.org (archived)
- Joenny Valdez at Olympedia (archive)
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- Pan American Games medalists in table tennis
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