Philippine Table Tennis Federation
SportTable Tennis
AbbreviationPTTFI
Founded1951
AffiliationInternational Table Tennis Federation
Affiliation date1951
PresidentTing Ledesma
ChairmanAtty. Domingo Panlilio
Official website
www.facebook.com/philtabletennisfederationinc/
Philippines

The Philippine Table Tennis Federation, Inc. (PTTFI) is the national governing body for table tennis in the Philippines. It is recognised by the Philippine Olympic Committee,[1] Southeast Asian Table Tennis Association, the Asia Table Tennis Union, and the International Table Tennis Federation.[2]

History

The Table Tennis Association of the Philippines(TATAP)[3] was formed in 1951 as a governing body for table tennis in the Philippines. In 2016, the Philippines Olympic Committee(POC) defunct TATAP as member of the National Sports Association(NSA).[4] Philippine Table Tennis Federation, Inc.(PTTFI) replaced TATAP, which was later certified as a regular member of POC and the recognise by NSA as the sole governing body for table tennis.[5]

Host Tournaments

Year Tournament Location
1957 Table Tennis Federation of Asia(TTFA) Championships Manila, Philippines
1963 Table Tennis Federation of Asia(TTFA) Championships Manila, Philippines
2014 GAC Group ITTF World Tour Philippine Open Challenge Series Subic Bay, Olongapo city
2015 GAC Group ITTF World Tour Philippine Open Challenge Series Subic Bay, Olongapo city

Athletes

Olympics

Ian Lariba is the first Filipino table tennis player to compete at the Olympic Games.[6]

Tournament Athlete Event
2016 Olympics Rio de Janeiro Philippines Ian Lariba Women's singles

Paralympics

Josephine Medina is the first Filipino table tennis player to compete at the Paralympics Game, 2012.[7] She also became the first Filipino table tennis player to earn a medal in Paralympics, 2016.[8]

Tournament Athlete Event Medal
2012 Paralympics London Philippines Josephine Medina Singles class 8 4
2016 Paralympics Rio de Janeiro Philippines Josephine Medina Singles class 8 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

SEA Games

Richard Gonzales is a multiple medalist at the Southeast Asian Games in Table Tennis.

External links

Table Tennis Association of the Philippines

References

  1. ^ "National Sports Associations - Regular Members".
  2. ^ "Ittf Directory". ittf.
  3. ^ "Olymips – Olympic Table Tennis Association". Archived from the original on 2015-08-14.
  4. ^ "Sports reform group formed". philstar. Bill Velasco.
  5. ^ "POC Certification".
  6. ^ "Rio 2016: Ian Lariba". Rappler. Naveen Ganglani. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Against all odds". inquirer.net. Jasmine W. Payo. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Josephine Medina wins the Philippines' first medal in Rio". paralympic.org. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
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