| Quadri Aruna | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Aruna Quardi at the ITTF World Tour 2017 German Open | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Quadri Akinade Aruna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Rocky Aruna or Quadri Balboa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 August 1988 Oyo, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Table tennis career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Attacker[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 10 (May 2022)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 19 (March 2024)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fakel-Gazprom Orenburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quadri Akinade Aruna (born 9 August 1988) is a professional Nigerian table tennis player. He competed for Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics, and 2020 Summer Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals in 2016.[2] He is the first African player to be ranked in the top 10 in the world.
At the World Cup 2014, he reached the quarter-finals in the Men's Singles competition.[3]
In the 2017 ITTF World Challenge Bulgaria Open, he advanced to the semi-finals, where the eventual winner Dimitrij Ovtcharov defeated him in a tight match. Aruna is known for his forehand-oriented playing style, which has earned him many wins. He is a Gewo-sponsored player.
In 2014, he was ranked number 30 in world table tennis, and the International Table Tennis Federation named him the Star Player of the Year.[4][5] He was also part of the Nigerian team that won bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[6]
At the club level, Aruna Quadri recently teamed up with TTC RhönSprudel Maberzell Fulda, a top German Bundesliga Table Tennis club.
- ^ a b c "Player profile". results.ittf.link. ITTF. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ London 2012 Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "2014 Men's World Cup Highlights: ARUNA Quadri vs ZHANG Jike (Quarter Final)". Retrieved 22 April 2023 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Aruna Quadri: I Feel Great Being Ranked 30 in World Table Tennis, Articles". THISDAY LIVE. 22 November 2014. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ^ Tunde Eludini (8 January 2015). "Nigeria: Aruna Quadri Emerges World's Table Tennis Player of the Year". Premium Times - allAfrica.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Quadri Aruna Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.