Priscila Tommy (born 23 May 1991) is a ni-

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player. She won gold in both the women's singles and team events at the

2007 South Pacific Games The 13th South Pacific Games (), also known as Apia 2007, were held from 25 August to 8 September 2007 in Apia, Samoa. The Games were the thirteenth to be held since the inception of the South Pacific Games in 1963, and included traditional multi ...

. Tommy represented Vanuatu at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

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, and was her country's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. She faced

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's Eva Odorova, ranked 762 places above her, in her opening game, and lost in straight sets. Tommy was selected to represent Vanuatu at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth that was held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 201 ...

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."Vanuatu's Priscilla Tommy loses table tennis bid"
, Radio Australia, 18 August 2008 Tommy won a gold medal at the

2019 Pacific Games The 16th Pacific Games (), also known as Apia 2019, were held from 7 to 20 July 2019. The Games were held in Apia, Samoa, returning there for the first time since 2007. It was the third time overall that the Pacific Games were held in Samoa. The ...

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"Table Tennis-Olympian from the land of four tables"
- an article about Tommy in

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, 16 August 2008
Biography
on the official website of the Beijing Olympics

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* 1991 births Living people Vanuatuan female table tennis players Olympic table tennis players for Vanuatu Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Vanuatu Table tennis players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Pacific Games gold medalists for Vanuatu Pacific Games medalists in table tennis {{Vanuatu-tabletennis-bio-stub