Hend Zaza

Hend Zaza
Personal information
Full nameHend Abdul Rauf Zaza
NationalitySyrian
Born (2009-01-01) 1 January 2009 (age 15)
Hama, Syria
Sport
CountrySyria
SportTable tennis
ClubAl-Muhafaza Club
Medal record
Women's Table Tennis
Representing  Syria
Pan Arab Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Algeria Team

Hend Zaza (Arabic: هند ظاظا; born 1 January 2009) is a Syrian table tennis player. She qualified to play in the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021 in Tokyo, through the West Asia Olympic qualifying tournament held in Jordan in 2020.[1][2][3] At the age of 12, she was the youngest person to compete in Olympic table tennis, and the fifth-youngest person to compete in the modern Olympics.[4] She was the youngest competitor at the 2020 games,[1] and the youngest Olympic competitor since Beatrice Huștiu, a Romanian figure-skater who competed in 1968.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Hend Zaza, 11-year-old Syrian table tennis player, qualifies for Olympics". The Guardian. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Singles and Mixed Doubles contenders confirmed for Tokyo 2020". www.ettu.org. European Table Tennis Union. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Tokyo 2020:List of qualified athletes" (PDF). ITTF. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  4. ^ Nagpal, Kabir (10 March 2020). "Introducing Hend Zaza: Syria's 11-year-old star, bound for Tokyo 2020". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

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