Derek Tawiah Abrefa was born on 15 February 1992 and is a Ghanaian born table tennis player.
12 Facts About Derek Abrefa
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Derek Abrefa started playing table tennis when he was in Presbyterian Senior High School, Osu as a student and junior national champion.
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Derek Abrefa is a two-time bronze medallist at the All Africa Games and Commonwealth and currently ranked number 1 in Ghana by the Ghana Table Tennis Federation.
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Derek Abrefa is currently ranked 278 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation.
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Derek Abrefa started off as a junior ping pong player in the Africa Junior Championship in Alexandria, Egypt and the All African Games in Algiers, Algeria in 2007.
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Derek Abrefa was part of the team representing Ghana at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
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Derek Abrefa represented Ghana at the 2019 African Games in Rabat Morocco and he was appointed the general team captain and was the flag bearer during the opening ceremony.
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Derek Abrefa won bronze medals for Ghana at the All African Games in Brazzaville Congo in 2015.
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Derek Abrefa has won six times the Sports Writers Association of Ghana National Best Table Tennis Player Award Winner in 2010,2013,2014,2015,2016 and 2018 respectively.
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Derek Abrefa embarked on a training tour in Accra training kids about table tennis and donating some table tennis equipments to them to help further their interest in the sport.
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Derek Abrefa was engaged in motivating young girls to get into table tennis with support from the ITTF Table Tennis United Fund.
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Derek Abrefa who is currently based in the UK in June 2023 donated table tennis kits and sporting equipments to some selected schools and foundations in Accra, Ghana.