| Dexter St. Louis OLY | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Trinidad and Tobago |
| Born | (1968-03-21)21 March 1968 |
| Died | 16 May 2019(2019-05-16) (aged 51) Bordeaux, France |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
| Highest ranking | 342 (January 2013) |
| Club | S.A.G.CESTAS (France) |
Dexter Benedict St. Louis (21 March 1968 – 16 May 2019) was a Trinidadian table tennis player. In January 2013, he was ranked no. 342 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).
St. Louis made his official debut for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he competed in the men's singles. He placed fourth in a group pool round against Brazil's Hugo Hoyama, Sweden's Jörgen Persson, and North Korea's Kim Song-Hui, with a total score of 82 points and a tally of 3 straight losses.
Twelve years after competing in his last Olympics, St. Louis qualified again for the men's singles, as a 40-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by winning the Latin American Qualification Tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He lost the first preliminary round match to Canada's Zhang Peng, with a unanimous set score of 0–4.
References
- Laurence, Kwame (November 30, 2020). "St Louis gets 'OLY'". Trinidad Express Newspapers. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
- ^ "ITTF World Ranking". ITTF. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- Top ranked table tennis player Dexter St. Louis dies
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dexter St. Louis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- "Dexter St Louis on Stage in Santo Domingo for One Night Only". ITTF. 31 March 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- "Men's Singles Preliminary Round". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
External links
- Dexter St. Louis at World Table Tennis
- Dexter St. Louis at the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee at archive.today (archived April 16, 2013)
- Dexter St. Louis at the NBC 2008 Olympics website at the Wayback Machine (archived August 23, 2012)
- Dexter St. Louis at ittfranking.com at the Wayback Machine (archived August 1, 2014)
- Dexter St. Louis at Olympics.com
- 1968 births
- 2019 deaths
- Trinidad and Tobago male table tennis players
- Olympic table tennis players for Trinidad and Tobago
- Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Table tennis players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago