Johenny Valdez
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| Full name | Johenny Valdez Reyes | ||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Dominican Republic | ||||||||||||
| Born | 12 December 1986 | ||||||||||||
| Playing style | Right-handed, classic[1] | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 502 (January 2012)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 542 (February 2013)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||
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Johenny Valdez Reyes (born December 12, 1986) is a Dominican table tennis player.[3] She won a gold medal in the women's team event at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.[4] As of February 2013, Valdez is ranked no. 542 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[2] She is also right-handed, and uses the classic grip.[1]
Valdez qualified for the inaugural women's team event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving a continental spot for the Americas under the ITTF's Computer Team Ranking List.[5] Playing with Chinese emigrants Lian Qian and Wu Xue, Valdez placed fourth in the preliminary pool round, against China, Austria, and Croatia, with a total of three points and three straight losses.[6][7]
References
- 1 2 "ITTF World Player Profile – Johenny Valdez". ITTF. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- 1 2 3 "ITTF World Ranking – Johenny Valdez". ITTF. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ↑ "Johenny Valdez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ↑ "Tenis de mesa y taekwondo aportan al medallero RD" [Table tennis and taekwondo contributed to Dominican Republic] (in Spanish). Dominicanos Hoy. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ↑ "Teams Qualified for the Olympic Games" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ↑ "Women's Team Group A (CHN–DOM)". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ↑ "Women's Team Group A (CRO–DOM)". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 26 February 2013.