Russell Lavale (born 12 July 1974) is an Australian

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player who has competed at three

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. He competed at the

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in the men's doubles event with Paul Langley, finishing in equal 25th position. At the

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he competed in the men's singles and finished in equal 49th position. At the

2004 Athens 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), ...

he competed in both the singles and doubles events. In the

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he again finished in equal 49th position, and in the doubles, partnered with Trevor Brown, he finished equal 25th. He also competed at the 2002 Manchester and

2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held i ...

in the men's singles, doubles and mixed doubles events. In 2002 Lavale won his first singles championship and his fifth doubles championship at the Oceania Table Tennis Championships.

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