Saheed Idowu (born 3 January 1990 in Brazzaville) is a

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table tennis player. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the

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, but was defeated in the preliminary round.

2018 ITTF African-Cup

Idowu competed in the 2018 ITTF African-Cup, placing second in group 2 behind Quadri Aruna, dropping the group match to Aruna (1-3),allowing him to qualify for the Quarter Finals. In the Quarter Finals, Idowu faced and defeated African Table Tennis legend Segun Toriola (4-2). In the Semi Finals, Idowu lost to eventual winner Omar Assar, dropping four straight games (0-4). He was then paired against

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in the placement round, losing that match (1-3), finishing the tournament in fourth place.

Playing Style

Like most modern Table Tennis players, Idowu favors a forehand attacking style. His forehand loop is noted as appearing rather relaxed and unorthodox.

References

Republic of the Congo table tennis players 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Brazzaville Olympic table tennis players of the Republic of Congo Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics African Games silver medalists for the Republic of the Congo African Games medalists in table tennis African Games bronze medalists for the Republic of the Congo Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games Competitors at the 2015 African Games {{RCongo-tabletennis-bio-stub