Horatio Pintea (born November 11, 1962) was a Canadian

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player. Originally from Romania, Pintea arrived in Canada in 1982. He represented Canada in international competition from 1982 until 2001. During his time on the National Team he participated in all major competitions in the world including the 1988 and 1996 Olympics as well as numerous World Championships, World Cups (teams, singles and doubles), and represented Canada in five Pan American Games over a 20 year period, and managed to capture at least one medal in each. Since 2008, Pintea and

Geng Lijuan Geng Lijuan (; born January 15, 1963) is a Chinese-Canadian table tennis player. She is a four-time World Champion, former World #1 and member of the Chinese National Team. Geng retired from the Chinese national team before the 1988 Seoul Olymp ...

have been coaching on a regular basis at the Geng Table Tennis Academy, working with kids from 6 years of age to 15.

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