Dexter St. Louis
Trinidadian table tennis player (1968–2019)
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Dexter Benedict St. Louis (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).[2]
Trinidad and Tobago| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Born | 21 March 1968 |
| Died | 16 May 2019 (aged 51) Bordeaux, France |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Table tennis |
| Club | S.A.G.CESTAS (France) |
| Highest ranking | 342 (January 2013)[2] |
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]