Derek Abrefa

Derek Abrefa is a Ghanaian born table tennis player. He started playing table tennis when he was in Presbyterian Senior High School, Osu as a student and junior national champion.[2] Derek being a junior ping pong player represented Ghana at the Africa Junior Championship in Alexandria, Egypt and the All African Games in Algiers, Algeria in 2007.

Derek Abrefa
Nationality Ghana
ResidenceAccra, Ghana
BornBerekum, Ghana
Playing styleRight-handed, backhand grip
Highest ranking278 (April 2018)
Current ranking278 (April 2018)[1]

Abrefa is a two-time bronze medallist at the All Africa Games and Commonwealth and currently ranked number 1 in Ghana by the Ghana Table Tennis Federation.[3] He is currently ranked 278 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[4]

Career

Abrefa started off as a junior ping pong player in the Africa Junior Championship in Alexandria, Egypt and the All African Games in Algiers, Algeria in 2007.[5]

In 2008 he won gold and silver medals in the African Championship in Cote d'Ivoire. He was part of the team representing Ghana at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.[6] During the commonwealth games in Gold Coast, Australia Derek has made the men's single match where he beat Sierra Leone's Emmanuel Gboyah in four straight sets, (11-5, 11-1, 11-4, 11-5).[7]

He also represented Ghana at the 2019 African Games and he was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Career Records

He came first place in the January Westchester Open in the U2500 rating.[8] [9] He also won Bronze medals for Ghana at the All African Games in Brazzaville Congo in 2015.[10]

References
  1. "Player profile". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  2. Larweh, Kwame. "Abrefa, Lartey, gear up for Chairman's Cup". Graphic Online. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  3. "Derek Abrefa". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  4. "Player profile". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  5. "Derek Abrefa aiming to restore Ghanaian glory - International Table Tennis Federation". International Table Tennis Federation. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  6. "Gold Coast 2018: Ghana's Table Team will impress- Derek Abrefa - Starr Fm". Starr Fm. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  7. "Totally different from home but Derek Abrefa adapts - International Table Tennis Federation". International Table Tennis Federation. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  8. Ghana, News. "Derek Abrefa Wins Westchester Table Tennis Opens (U2500 Ratings)". Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  9. "Ghana's Derek Abrefa wins 2020 Westchester Table Tennis Open in US". PrimeNewsGhana. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  10. "Derek Abrefa and Emmanuel Commey set record in Stanbic Bank National Table Tennis League". www.myjoyonline.com. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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