Priscila Tommy

Priscila Tommy, born May 23, 1991 [ [http://melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Participants?ID=108337 Biography] on the official website of the 2006 Commonwealth Games] , is a ni-Vanuatu table tennis player.

She won gold in both the women's singles and team events at the 2007 South Pacific Games. [ [http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=15385&Category= "Priscila Tommy in Roger Federer’s Footsteps?"] , official ITTF website]

Tommy represented Vanuatu at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and was her country's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. [ [http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=15385&Category= "Priscila Tommy in Roger Federer’s Footsteps?"] , official ITTF website] She faced Slovakia's Eva Odorova, ranked 762 places above her, in her opening game [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/feedarticle/7729490 "Table Tennis-Olympian from the land of four tables"] , Reuters, August 16, 2008] , and lost in straight sets. [ [http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2339004.htm?tab=sport "Vanuatu's Priscilla Tommy loses table tennis bid"] , Radio Australia, August 18, 2008]

Tommy is expected to represent Vanuatu at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. [ [http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2339004.htm?tab=sport "Vanuatu's Priscilla Tommy loses table tennis bid"] , Radio Australia, August 18, 2008]

External link

* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/feedarticle/7729490 "Table Tennis-Olympian from the land of four tables"] - an article about Tommy in Reuters, August 16, 2008
* [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/8003841.shtml Biography] on the official website of the Beijing Olympics

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