Astra Edwards

Astra Rosetta Edwards (Birth date|1981|10|30) is a Trinidadian table tennis player.

Born in Port of Spain, Edwards came to prominence in 1997, becoming the top junior female player in Trinidad and Tobago. That year she won the Silver Bowl, the National Junior Championship, and the Port of Spain Classified B Division. In international competitions, she won a silver medal at the at the Puerto Rico Federation Championships in the junior girls' doubles event with Shane Bhopa, three bronzes at the Caribbean Federation Championships in the girls' singles event, team event, and mixed doubles with Terrence Kallicharran. At the Barbados Championships she took silver in the girls' doubles with Bhopa and a bronze in the singles and mixed doubles, again with Kallicharran. [cite web |title=Trinidad And Tobago Sportsmen And Sportswomen |publisher=National Library and Information System Authority of Trinidad and Tobago |date=1998 |url=http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Sport/Sports_Witconominees.htm |accessdate=2008-07-30 ]

As an adult, she participated at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games [cite news |last=Bailey |first=Joel |title=185 athletes for CAC Games |work=Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday |date=July 8 2006 |url=http://www.newsday.co.tt/sport/0,40388.html |accessdate=2009-07-30 ] and the 2007 Caribbean Tennis Championship. [cite news |last=Alibey |first=Walter |title=Ramcharan in TT table tennis squad |work=Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday |date=July 4 2007 |url=http://www.newsday.co.tt/sport/0,59984.html |accessdate=2009-07-30 ]

Edwards' mother, Verna, and sister, Aleena, are also competitive table tennis players. [cite news |last=Simon |first=Nigel |title=Brown retains Super Singles title, Edwards new women's champ |work=The Trinidad Guardian |date= 13 December 2005 |url=http://www.guardian.co.tt/archives/2005-12-13/sports5.html |accessdate=2008-07-30 ] Astra Edwards works as a sales agent when not competing. Her fiancé is Kyle Bennett.

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