Tamara Boroš
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Tamara Boroš is a female table tennis
player competing for Croatia
. She has been one of the relatively rare European players who competes at the highest level of the sport together with the players from Far East.
Boroš was born in Senta
, SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. As a junior she played for the local table tennis club STK Senta before she moved to Croatia in 1993.
Tamara Boroš was the World's number 2 player in 2002. At the World Championship in Paris in 2003 she won the bronze medal, and became the first European to win a WC medal after ten years. Only three non-Asian players won a medal at the World Championship between 1973 and 2005.
She won 12 medals at European Table Tennis Championships. In 1998 she won silver, in 2000, 2002 and 2005 she won bronze medal in women's singles. She is three-times European Champion in women's doubles (2002, 2003 and 2005). With Croatian national team she won silver medals in 2003 and 2005 and bronze in 2000, 2008 and 2009.
At the Mediterranean Games
she won gold medal in 2001 and 2005, and silver medal in 1997 in Women's singles event. Also she won gold medal in 1997 in Women's doubles event.
She is coached by Neven Cegnar.
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
player competing for Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
. She has been one of the relatively rare European players who competes at the highest level of the sport together with the players from Far East.
Boroš was born in Senta
Senta
Senta is a town and municipality on the bank of the Tisa river in the Vojvodina province, Serbia. Although geographically located in Bačka, it is part of the North Banat District...
, SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. As a junior she played for the local table tennis club STK Senta before she moved to Croatia in 1993.
Tamara Boroš was the World's number 2 player in 2002. At the World Championship in Paris in 2003 she won the bronze medal, and became the first European to win a WC medal after ten years. Only three non-Asian players won a medal at the World Championship between 1973 and 2005.
She won 12 medals at European Table Tennis Championships. In 1998 she won silver, in 2000, 2002 and 2005 she won bronze medal in women's singles. She is three-times European Champion in women's doubles (2002, 2003 and 2005). With Croatian national team she won silver medals in 2003 and 2005 and bronze in 2000, 2008 and 2009.
At the Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games
The Mediterranean Games are a multi-sport games held every four years, mainly for nations bordering the Mediterranean Sea, where Europe, Africa and Asia meet. The idea was proposed at the 1948 Summer Olympics by Muhammed Taher Pasha, chairman of the Egyptian Olympic Committee, and they were first...
she won gold medal in 2001 and 2005, and silver medal in 1997 in Women's singles event. Also she won gold medal in 1997 in Women's doubles event.
She is coached by Neven Cegnar.