Mariany Mayumi Nonaka (born 22 February 1988) is a Brazilian table tennis player. As of March 2012, Nonaka is ranked no. 406 in the world by the
International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).
She is a member of Acrepa Sao Bernardo Sports Club, and is coached and trained by Mauricio Kobayashi. Nonaka is also right-handed, and uses the attacking, shakehand grip.
Nonaka made her official debut, as a 16-year-old, at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
in
Athens, where she competed only in the
women's doubles. Playing with her partner
Lígia Silva, Nonaka received a bye for the first round, before losing out to the Czech duo, Renáta Štrbíková and Alena Vachovcová, with a set score of 2–4.
Four years after competing in her first Olympics, Nonaka qualified for her second Brazilian team, as a 20-year-old and a lone female table tennis player, at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
in
Beijing, by receiving a spot from the Latin American Qualification Tournament in
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She lost the preliminary round match of the
women's singles to Lithuania's
Rūta Paškauskienė
Rūta Paškauskienė (born 29 March 1977) is a Lithuanian table tennis player. Since 1994, she won several medals in singles, and doubles events in the Table Tennis European Championships
The European Table Tennis Championships is an internatio ...
, with a unanimous set score of 0–4.
References
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UOL Esporte 2008 Olympics profile
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1988 births
Living people
Brazilian female table tennis players
Brazilian people of Japanese descent
Sportspeople of Japanese descent
Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic table tennis players for Brazil
Sportspeople from São Paulo
South American Games gold medalists for Brazil
South American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
South American Games medalists in table tennis
Competitors at the 2006 South American Games