Víctor Marcelo Aguirre Benítez (born 21 January 1993) is a Paraguayan table tennis player who plays for Tischtennis-Bundesliga club

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. He competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Career

Aguirre was born in

Asunción Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of ...

. He won the silver medal at the inaugural 2011 Latin American Cup held in

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after being defeated by

Gustavo Tsuboi Gustavo Tsuboi (born 31 May 1985, São Paulo) is a table tennis player from Brazil, he won three medals in double and team events in the Pan American Games. Along with Hugo Hoyama and Thiago Monteiro, Tsuboi was part of the winning team at the ...

from Brazil, 4–0. he previously defeated Brazil's Cazuo Matsumoto 4–1 in the semi-finals. He competed at the

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in the Men's singles, but was defeated in the first round.

References

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