Tatiana Al-Najar (Arabic: تاتانيا النجار; born May 11, 1967) is a Jordanian Olympic table tennis player. She represented Jordan in 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[3] She did not participate in any other Summer Olympics, and she failed to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London,[4] however, she won Arab Table Tennis Championships in the next year.[5]

Tatiana Al-Najar
Personal information
Native nameتاتيانا النجار
National team Jordan
Born (1967-05-11) May 11, 1967 (age 56)
Sport
Country Jordan
SportTable tennis
Rank374 (December 2005)[1]
ClubMadinat Al-Husain[2]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Jordan
Arab Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Amman Singles
Updated on 16 July 2017.

Olympic participation edit

Sydney 2000 edit

Al-Najar was the oldest participant for Jordan in that tournament aged 33 years and 130 days then.[6]

Table tennis – Women's Singles – Preliminary Round

Group P[7]
Rank Athlete W L GW GL PW PL SWE BLR JOR
1   Marie Svensson (SWE) 2 0 6 2 156 111 X 3–2 3–0
2   Tatyana Kostromina (BLR) 1 1 5 3 142 129 2–3 X 3–0
3   Tatiana Al-Najar (JOR) 0 2 0 6 68 126 0–3 0–3 X

Honors edit

  • Arab Table Tennis Championships Amman 2012 – Women's Singles: Champion[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "نساء الأردن أول العرب على القائمة الدولية و زيد شعبان يحسن تصنيفة العالمي في كرة الطاولة". alrai.com. 11 December 2005. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  2. ^ "النجار تقود "المدينة" للظفر بالدوري .. بخبرتها". جريدة الدستور الاردنية (in Arabic).
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tatiana Al-Najar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  4. ^ "نهاية مثيرة لبطلة كبيرة في الطاولة". almeedansport.com. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  5. ^ a b سليم, رضا. "الطاولة تحصد ذهبية زوجي الرجال". alittihad.ae. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  6. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jordan at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  7. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Table Tennis at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Singles Preliminary Round". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2017.