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Horatio Pintea

Personal information
Nationality	Canada
Born	November 11, 1962 (1962-11-11) (age 63) Oradea, Romania
Sport
Sport	Table tennis
Medal record Men's table tennis Representing Canada Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata Mixed Doubles 1987 Indianapolis Doubles 1983 Caracas Mixed doubles 1983 Caracas Team 1991 Havana Doubles 1987 Indianapolis Team 1991 Havana Singles 1991 Havana Team 1995 Mar del Plata Singles 1995 Mar del Plata Doubles 1995 Mar del Plata Team 1999 Winnipeg Team

Horatio Pintea (born November 11, 1962) was a Canadian table tennis player. Originally from Romania, Pintea arrived in Canada in 1982. He represented Canada in international competition from 1982 until 2001. During his time on the National Team he participated in all major competitions in the world including the 1988 and 1996 Olympics as well as numerous World Championships, World Cups (teams, singles and doubles), and represented Canada in five Pan American Games over a 20-year period, and managed to capture at least one medal in each.

Since 2008, Pintea and Geng Lijuan have been coaching on a regular basis at the Geng Table Tennis Academy, working with kids from 6 years of age to 15.

References

• "PINTEA Horatio (CAN)". ITTF.com. International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.

External links

• Horatio Pintea at World Table Tennis (ITTF)
• Horatio Pintea at Team Canada
• Horatio Pintea at Olympics.com
• Horatio Pintea at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)