Alfredo Carneros Beamud (born 7 October 1978) is a Spanish table tennis player. Carneros narrowly lost the bronze medal to his teammate Carlos Machado in the men's singles at the

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. As of February 2013, Carneros is ranked no. 215 in the world by the

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(ITTF). Carneros is a member of the table tennis team for San Sebastian de los Reyes Sports Club in

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, and is coached and trained by Alejandro Maldonado. He is also left-handed, and uses the classic grip. Carneros qualified for the men's singles tournament, as a 29-year-old, at the

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, by receiving an allocation spot from the Final World Qualification Tournament in

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, Hungary. He defeated Egypt's Adel Massaad in the preliminary round, before losing out his next match to India's Sharath Kamal, with a final set score of 2–4.

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NBC Olympics ProfileEntrevista en diarionoroeste.es (29/2014)
1978 births Living people Spanish male table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for Spain Sportspeople from Madrid Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Spain {{Spain-tabletennis-bio-stub