Dexter St. Louis

Dexter Benedict St. Louis OLY[2] (21 March 1968 – 16 May 2019)[3] was a Trinidadian table tennis player.[4] In January 2013, he was ranked no. 342 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[1]

Dexter St. Louis
Nationality Trinidad and Tobago
Born(1968-03-21)21 March 1968
Died16 May 2019(2019-05-16) (aged 51)
Bordeaux, France
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Highest ranking342 (January 2013)[1]
ClubS.A.G.CESTAS (France)

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.[5] He lost the first preliminary round match to Canada's Zhang Peng, with a unanimous set score of 0–4.[6]

References
  1. "ITTF World Ranking". ITTF. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  2. Laurence, Kwame (November 30, 2020). "St Louis gets 'OLY'". Trinidad Express Newspapers. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  3. Top ranked table tennis player Dexter St. Louis dies
  4. 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.
  5. "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.
  6. "Men's Singles Preliminary Round". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
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