Gustavo Tsuboi (born 31 May 1985,

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) is a

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player from

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, he won three medals in double and team events in the

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. Along with

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and Thiago Monteiro, Tsuboi was part of the winning team at the

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and

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. Tsuboi won the gold medal at the inaugural 2011 Latin American Cup held in

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after defeating Paraguay's Marcelo Aguirre 4–0. Tsuboi competed in table tennis at the

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and 2012 Summer Olympics.

Career

2021

In March, Tsuboi played in WTT Doha. In the WTT Star Contender event, he had a high-profile 3-0 upset over

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in the round of 32.

2020 Olympic Games

At the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Tsuboi, 37th in the world, by defeating Nigerian

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(21st in the world ranking), became the 3rd Brazilian in history to reach the round of 16 in the Olympics. The feat had only been achieved by

(Atlanta-1996) and

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