Born in the ancient town of Oyo, south west Nigeria, Quadri Aruna is the youngest child; his mother, Shakirat Aruna, a teacher. Children of teachers in Nigeria usually have it tough when it comes to academic performance with the society in general often expecting them to do far better than others.

Playing sport is out of it for most children of teachers as their parents somehow mistake any sporting streak with academic laziness. Such was the background from which Quadri Aruna emerged.

A former player turned coach, Abolarin Oluwole, who is credited with discovering Quadri Aruna spoke about the humble beginning:.

Their house was beside the hall and he used to peep through the door to watch us play but when I discovered he had interest in the sport, I started inviting him to the hall to play.

I was then an undergraduate at the University of Ibadan and I used to assign him to be in charge of the hall whenever I was not around.

He was trustworthy as he took great care of the hall for me. Before I started training him I had to inform his mother who gave me the permission so he did not lag behind in his studies.

He was very dedicated to table tennis and I saw determination in him. Whenever they were about to take examinations in school, his mother would come to inform me not to allow him to come around the hall.

The owner of the table tennis board, Oluwole, appealed to me to allow him to play. I also met Meng Fanbo on World Tours, he has lots of talent.

I am certain we will all become a great family in the Bundesliga. Just like every other team we want to be the champion.

My goal is to be a great ambassador for my team in the league and to always give per cent. Ready for next season but as with everyone else, in he has been forced to adjust, forced to change plans.

We all hope there will be a solution as soon as possible. Mit ihr hat er drei Kinder. Namensräume Artikel Diskussion.

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At club level, he represents Sporting CP. Aruna entered the Men's Singles event at the Summer Olympics as seed number In the first round, he played and defeated Slovakian player Wang Yang In the second round, Aruna played number 5 seed Chuang Chih-yuan.

Chuang grew repeatedly frustrated as the match went on, uncharacteristically missing his signature forehand attacks and was at a loss against Aruna's unorthodox style.

Aruna defeated Chaung in arguably the biggest upset of the tournament without losing a single set In the third round, Aruna faced world renowned German player, Timo Boll.

Remarkably, Aruna defeated Boll , earning him a spot in the Quarter Finals. Long overwhelmed Aruna with fast pace, looping attacks. The match proved entertaining as Aruna was forced to play defensively and back from the table, providing some memorable rallies.

Ultimately however, Long swept Aruna to move onto the Semis Aruna's run in Singles event of the Olympic games was quite easily the most remarkable achievement of his career at the world level.

Having upset number 5 seed, semi-finalist in the previous Olympics, and four-time World Tour Champion as well as ten-time runner up, Aruna then also upset a European legend in Boll.