Mariany Mayumi Nonaka (born 22 February 1988)[3] is a Brazilian table tennis player.[4] As of March 2012, Nonaka is ranked no. 406 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[2] She is a member of Acrepa Sao Bernardo Sports Club, and is coached and trained by Mauricio Kobayashi.[5] Nonaka is also right-handed, and uses the attacking, shakehand grip.[1]
| Mariany Nonaka | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Mariany Mayumi Nonaka |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Born | 22 February 1988 São Paulo, Brazil |
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) |
Table tennis career  | |
| Playing style | Right-handed, shakehand[1] |
| Highest ranking | 258 (April 2009)[2] |
| Current ranking | 406 (March 2012)[2] |
| Club | Acrepa Sao Bernardo[1] |
Nonaka made her official debut, as a 16-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she competed only in the women's doubles. Playing with her partner Lígia Silva, Nonaka received a bye for the first round, before losing out to the Czech duo, Renáta Štrbíková and Alena Vachovcová, with a set score of 2–4.[6][7]
Four years after competing in her first Olympics, Nonaka qualified for her second Brazilian team, as a 20-year-old and a lone female table tennis player, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving a spot from the Latin American Qualification Tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[8] She lost the preliminary round match of the women's singles to Lithuania's Rūta Paškauskienė, with a unanimous set score of 0–4.[9][10]
References
External links
- Mariany Nonaka at World Table Tennis
- Mariany Nonaka at Olympics.com
- Mariany Nonaka at Olympedia
- UOL Esporte 2008 Olympics profile (in Portuguese)
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 16 May 2012)
