Quadri Aruna
Aruna Quadri at the ITTF World Tour 2017 German Open | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Quadri Akinade Aruna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Rocky Aruna or Quadri Balboa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 August 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Gazprom Fakel Orenburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Attacker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 10 (13 June 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 48 (2 March 2026) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Quadri Akinade Arunaⓘ (born 9 August 1988) is a professional Nigerian table tennis player. He competed for Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics, and 2020 Summer Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals in 2016. He is the first African player to be ranked in the top 10 in the world.
At the World Cup 2014, he reached the quarter-finals in the Men's Singles competition.
In the 2017 ITTF World Challenge Bulgaria Open, he advanced to the semi-finals, where the eventual winner Dimitrij Ovtcharov defeated him in a tight match. Aruna is known for his forehand-oriented playing style, which has earned him many wins. He is a Gewo-sponsored player.
In 2014, he was ranked number 30 in world table tennis, and the International Table Tennis Federation named him the Star Player of the Year. He was also part of the Nigerian team that won bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
At the club level, Aruna Quadri recently teamed up with TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell, a top German Bundesliga Table Tennis club.
In 2018, he was declared as Africa's most successful Olympic table tennis player of all time by the Olympics in an article.