Table Tennis gives me life – Quadri

Nigeria’s table tennis star, Aruna Quadri nothing gives him joy except the game that has brought him fame and honour.

Aruna said this in a video posted by the International Table Tennis Federation to celebrate the World Table Tennis Day on April 6th, 2020.

Every 6th of April is considered as the World Table Tennis day and a day every table tennis players all over the celebrate and narrate their individual experience in the course of their choosing career. 

Quadri was not left out in this edition as mentioned how the game changed his life.

“Table tennis has given me life, it has given me almost everything I want, and has changed my life positively,” he said in a video posted by ITTF Africa to mark the day.

Quadri became the first African to reach the Olympic quarter final, when he qualified for the last eight at Rio 2016 Olympic in Brazil.

He won a silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia..

Quadri is presently the highest ranked African with 18th position.

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