Alfredo Carneros
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SpainCollado Mediano, Madrid, Spain
| Alfredo Carneros | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Alfredo Carneros Beamud |
| Nationality | Spain |
| Born | 7 October 1978 Collado Mediano, Madrid, Spain |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 102 kg (225 lb) |
Table tennis career | |
| Playing style | Left-handed, classic[1] |
| Equipment(s) | Tibhar Samsonov[1] |
| Highest ranking | 129 (December 2008)[2] |
| Current ranking | 215 (February 2013)[2] |
| Club | San Sebastian de los Reyes[1] |
Alfredo Carneros Beamud (born 7 October 1978) is a Spanish table tennis player.[3] Carneros narrowly lost the bronze medal to his teammate Carlos Machado in the men's singles at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy.[4][5] As of February 2013, Carneros is ranked no. 215 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[2] Carneros is a member of the table tennis team for San Sebastian de los Reyes Sports Club in Madrid, and is coached and trained by Alejandro Maldonado.[1] He is also left-handed, and uses the classic grip.[1]
Carneros qualified for the men's singles tournament, as a 29-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving an allocation spot from the Final World Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary.[6] He defeated Egypt's Adel Massaad in the preliminary round, before losing out his next match to India's Sharath Kamal, with a final set score of 2–4.[7][8]
