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Fabio Rakotoarimanana
Born (2003-07-24) 24 July 2003 (age 21)
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking146 (19 March 2024)
Current ranking153 (30 July 2024)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Madagascar
African Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Accra Mixed doubles
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Rades Doubles
Francophone Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kinshasa Singles
Indian Ocean Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Madagascar Men's team
East African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Djibouti Singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Djibouti Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Kampala Singles
Representing  France
European Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cluj-Napoca Boys' team (cadet)
Silver medal – second place 2018 Cluj-Napoca Mixed doubles (cadet)
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Cluj-Napoca Boys' doubles (cadet)

Fabio Adrien Rakotoarimanana (born 24 July 2003) is a Malagasy table tennis player. He represented France in his youth before switching allegiances to compete for his home country in 2022. After winning several international medals, Rakotoarimanana qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he was chosen as a flag-bearer and became Madagascar's first Olympic table tennis player.

Career

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Rakotoarimanana began playing table tennis at the age of seven.[1] At the 2014 French national championships, while competing in the in the benjamins (under-11) category, he won the silver medal in the singles event, and partnered with Alexis Lebrun to win gold in doubles.[2] In 2015, the pair of Rakotoarimanana and Lebrun won a bronze in the doubles event in the minimes (under-13) category,[3] followed by a silver-medal doubles finish in 2016.[4] In cadets (under-15) competition, Rakotoarimanana teamed with Myshaal Sabhi to win gold in the doubles at the 2018 national championships.[5]

In April 2018, Rakotoarimanana partnered with Félix Lebrun to win the cadets boys' doubles title at the Belgium Junior and Cadet Open.[6] He also won a silver in the team event and a bronze in the singles.[7] In July, Rakotoarimanana competed in the cadets category at the European Youth Championships in Romania, where he won a gold in the boys' team,[8] silver in the mixed doubles (with Prithika Pavade),[9] and bronze in the boys' doubles.[10] At the 2019 French national championships - now in the juniors category - Rakotoarimanana won a bronze medal in the singles competition.[11] He competed at the European Youth Championships in the Czech Republic that year, though he did not medal.[12]

At the club level, Rakotoarimanana played for Le Garde TT and Lille Métropole TT.[11][13]

Switch to Madagascar

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In a 2018 interview, Rakotoarimanana expressed his desire to represent Madagascar in international competition.[1] In December 2022, his father announced that he had accepted an invitation from the Malagasy Table Tennis Federation to join the national team.[1]

In March 2023, Rakotoarimanana made his maiden international appearance for Madagascar at the East African Championships held in Djibouti.

Rakotoarimanana was selected as a flag-bearer for Madagascar at the 2023 Francophone Games,[14] where he won silver in the singles event after losing to Eduard Ionescu in the final.[15]

In February 2024, Rakotoarimanana competed at the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Tennis de table: Fabio Rakotomanana [sic] décide de rejoindre l'équipe nationale". NewsMada (in French). 17 December 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Les champions de France Benjamins - Cadets" (in French). Fédération française de tennis de table [fr]. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Résultats des Championnats de France Minimes Juniors 2015". Tennis2Table (in French). 1 June 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Résultats des Championnats de France Minimes et Juniors 2016". Tennis2Table (in French). 28 May 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Résultats des Championnats de France Benjamin Cadets 2018". Tennis2Table (in French). 30 May 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  6. ^ Marshall, Ian (22 April 2018). "Yukari Sugasawa completes double, adds to title collection". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  7. ^ "8 médailles en Belgique" (in French). Fédération française de tennis de table [fr]. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  8. ^ Daish, Simon (20 July 2018). "First titles awarded, success for France and Romania". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  9. ^ Santangelo, Roberto (25 July 2018). "Tennistavolo, Europei giovanili individuali 2018: Andrea Puppo oro nel doppio misto cadetti". OA Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Arbitri italiani nelle fasi conclusive degli Europei Giovanili" (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Tennistavolo [it]. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Championnats de France minimes – juniors tennis de table 2019". Tennis2Table (in French). 21 April 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  12. ^ "J8 : en direct d'Ostrava" (in French). Fédération française de tennis de table [fr]. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Résultats des Championnats de France Seniors 2022 de tennis de table". Tennis2Table (in French). 26 June 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  14. ^ Raherinjatovo, Donné (27 July 2023). "Jeux de la Francophonie - Fabio et Laura seront les porte-drapeaux malgaches". L'Express de Madagascar (in French). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  15. ^ Rasanda, Serge (4 August 2023). "Jeux de la Francophonie - Le pongiste Fabio et la judokate Narindra en argent". L'Express de Madagascar (in French). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
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