Ahmed Saleh (born 14 November 1979) is an Egyptian

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player. He competed at the

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and

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. At the 2008 Games he took part in the men's individual event, losing in the second round to

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of France. At the

he competed in the men's team event. 2019 African Games Ahmed Saleh competed in the 2019 African Games in Men's Singles, Men's Doubles, & Mixed Doubles. In Men's Singles, Saleh defeated Kurt Lingeveldt (4-1) in the Round of 16 to advance to the Quarterfinals. He was then eliminated by eventual winner

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in a close match, losing 6–11 in the seventh set. In Men's Doubles, the Egyptian Team of Ahmed Saleh & finished 2nd. In Mixed Doubles, Saleh again teamed with a fellow Egyptian in Farah Abel-Aziz. They captured the silver medals. WTT Macao 2020 On 29 November 2020, Saleh competed in an invite only commercial Table Tennis Tournament in Macau, China known as WTT Macao. He entered the tournament unseeded and as a result had to play a qualifier on Day One against

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. Wong defeated Saleh in a very exciting match (2-3). For his participation in the tournament, Saleh was awarded US$15,000.

References

https://www.ittf.com/tournament/5075/2019/all-africa-games/ https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/WTT_MAC_DRAW_SHEET_MS-12.pdf

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* 1979 births Living people Egyptian male table tennis players Olympic table tennis players for Egypt Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics African Games bronze medalists for Egypt African Games medalists in table tennis African Games gold medalists for Egypt Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games Competitors at the 2019 African Games Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Egypt-tabletennis-bio-stub