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Hi Jeff
I was wandering, have you entered any Olympic games and if so what Olympics did you enter and how far did you get before you were put out. Also, what age did you and Alois start playing professionally and when did you start playing when you were young, if you can remember.
Thanks, Galen
Jeff Plumb Answered 14 years ago
Hi Galen,
Thanks for the question. I was lucky enough to play in my home Olympics in Sydney 2000. I played in the doubles with Brett Clarke. We played a qualifying match the first morning of the Games to make the main draw. This match was against Cuba and we managed to win. It was the first time an Australian Men's Doubles pair won a match at the Olympics.
In the main draw we played in a round robin where we lost to Yugoslavia and Germany. The German pair was Jorg Rosskopf and Timo Boll.
It was such a great experience to play in front of a huge home crowd.
I played a little bit of Table Tennis in primary school but I became more serious when I was 12 years old. Me and a friend joined up at the local ACT Table Tennis club and I was hooked!
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Jeff Plumb from PingSkills
Posted 13 years ago
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Sure was!
Hey, we're the same! I started playing at the age of 11 and now i'm 12. I am also seriously thinking about entering the Olympics when i grow up. It's a shame i didn't start earlier. i could of had more of a chance. Most of the pros start under the age of 10. I'm currrently 2nd or 3rd best at my school. i'm also getting the hang of the counter hit Jeff! Although, my backhand may need a bit of work, i'm just so used to topspining all the time!
Jeff Plumb from PingSkills
Posted 13 years ago
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Great Jonathan.
Hello Jeff, do you have any video that you used to play in a match?
Alois Rosario from PingSkills
Posted 13 years ago
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It is difficult to believe but when Jeff was playing there was very little videoing done of matches. It is amazing how far technology has come ina few years.
Hi Where can we find your match videos (you and brett in olympic)
Alois Rosario from PingSkills
Posted 10 years ago
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I don't think there are any.
:(( I was really wondered it... very sad situation...But I cant understand...
such a large organization how no records....(anyway thanks for everything )
Alois Rosario from PingSkills
Posted 10 years ago
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In those days video was not very common. It seems strange but that is how quickly things change.
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