Paula Medina (born 12 April 1989, in
Tuluá
Tuluá (), is a city located in the heart of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. A major industrial and commercial center, it is the region's fourth-largest city after Cali—the department capital— Buenaventura and Palmira. Founded around 1741 by Ju ...
) is a Colombian
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. She represented Colombia at the
2012 Summer Olympics.
Career
Medina win the gold medal in women's team competition at the
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
The 21st Central American and Caribbean Games (Spanish: ''XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Mayagüez 2010'') took place in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, from 18 July 2010 to 1 August 2010.
Bid
It was understood that Mayagüez was going to b ...
in
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. She also won the bronze in the women's doubles.
Medina fell in the semi-final round of the
2011 Latin American Cup held in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...
,
Brazil
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, after being defeated by Dominican Republic's
Wu Xue.
References
Colombian table tennis players
Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic table tennis players for Colombia
Pan American Games medalists in table tennis
1989 births
Living people
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Colombia
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia
Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Colombia
Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
Sportspeople from Valle del Cauca Department
South American Games gold medalists for Colombia
South American Games silver medalists for Colombia
South American Games bronze medalists for Colombia
South American Games medalists in table tennis
Table tennis players at the 2011 Pan American Games
Competitors at the 2006 South American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in table tennis
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Table tennis players at the 2015 Pan American Games
21st-century Colombian women
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