Giulia Takahashi
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Born | São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil | 2 April 2005||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 77 (27 February 2024)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Giulia Yuri Takahashi (born 2 April 2005) is a Brazilian table tennis player.[2][3][4] She represented Brazil at the Summer Olympics in 2024. Her sister Bruna Takahashi also plays table tennis.[5][6]
Career
[edit]At the age of 16, she participated as a reserve for the Brazilian women's table tennis team at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7]
In August 2023, Giulia achieved a great result at the WTT Contender in Rio de Janeiro. Playing mixed doubles together with Guilherme Teodoro, they reached the semifinals of the competition, winning the bronze medal.[8]
In September 2023, Giulia participated in the 2023 Pan American Table Tennis Championships, held in Havana, Cuba. Giulia and her sister Bruna won bronze in doubles. In addition, the Brazilian team won the silver medal, as well as qualifying for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.[9][10][11]
At the 2023 Pan American Games, held in October and November in Santiago, Chile, Giulia Takahashi participated in the doubles event, along with her sister, where they reached the final, losing 4 sets to 3 and winning the silver medal. This was Brazil's best result at the Pan American Games in the women's doubles table tennis event. Giulia also won a bronze medal for the Brazilian team.[12][13]
In November 2023, Giulia entered the world's top 100 in singles for the first time.[14]
In February 2024, she reached the world's No. 77 in singles.[15][16]
At the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships, the Brazilian team reached the round of 16 of the tournament for the first time, where they were eliminated by South Korea by 3 games to 1.[17]
In March 2024, Giulia participated in the Singapore Smash, playing doubles with her sister Bruna, where they were eliminated in the 1st round.[18]
At the 2024 WTT Contender in Rio de Janeiro, she reached the doubles semifinals, with her sister Bruna Takahashi.[19]
At the 2024 Olympic Games, she participated in the singles bracket, facing world champion and Olympic runner-up Sun Yingsha in the 1st round, being eliminated in straight sets.[20]
Titles
[edit]2023 Pan American Games - Bronze medal (team)
Wtt Contender Lima 2024 - Winner (Mixed Doubles with Henrique Noguti)
2024 Pan American Games - Bronze medal (Singles)
2024 Pan American Games - Gold medal (Mixed Doubles with Guilherme Teodoro)
2024 Pan American Games - Gold medal (Doubles with Laura Watanabe)
References
[edit]- ^ "Women's Singles 2024 Week #9". Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Giulia TAKAHASHI".
- ^ "Takahashi Giulia: video, ranking". tabletennis.guide. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Giulia TAKAHASHI". Cornilleau, more than table tennis. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Bruna TAKAHASHI".
- ^ "Bruna Takahashi results, fixtures, Edem Offiong v Takahashi Bruna live | Flashscore.com / Table tennis". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ Aos 16 anos, Giulia Takahashi coroa dedicação desde muito nova com participação como reserva da Seleção em Tóquio
- ^ No Top 4! Nas semifinais, Guilherme Teodoro e Giulia Takahashi se despedem do WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro após revés contra dupla oito do mundo
- ^ Tênis de mesa: equipes masculina e feminina do Brasil garantem classificação aos Jogos Olímpicos
- ^ Tênis de mesa: equipes masculina e feminina garantem vaga em Paris|data=2023-09-18
- ^ Calderano é tetracampeão do Pan de Tênis de Mesa, Bruna Takahashi leva duas pratas e um bronze
- ^ Irmãs Takahashi faturam prata histórica no tênis de mesa
- ^ Primeira atleta paralímpica nos Jogos Pan-Americanos é bronze no tênis de mesa
- ^ Feito inédito! Giulia Takahashi sobe dez posições e se junta a Bruna Takahashi no Top 100 do ranking mundial feminino
- ^ Ranking de simples de Giulia Takahashi
- ^ Giulia e Jouti são elimnados no Smash de Singapura
- ^ Brasil cai para a Coreia e encerra campanha histórica no Mundial
- ^ Hugo Calderano é superado no Smash de Singapura e dá adeus ao torneio; Bruna e Giulia Takahashi também caem
- ^ Brasil coloca duas duplas nas semifinais do WTT Contender Rio
- ^ Olimpíadas: Giulia Takahashi sucumbe à número 1 do mundo no tênis de mesa feminino