Edward
Baldacchino
| Name & Surname: | Edward Baldacchino | Date of Birth: | 21st July 1972 | ||||
| Profession: | Business Manager | Training since: | 1984 | ||||
| Other Interests | Jogging | Favourite Music: | Pop Music | ||||
| Ranking at end of 2006 season |
1 | First success at national level | Under-14 National Championships, 1984 | ||||
| Local achievements: | Times | Event | |||||
| 3 | Under-14 | National Champion | |||||
| 5 | Under-17 | National Champion | |||||
| 3 | Top 8 | Winner | |||||
| 1 | Grand Prix | Winner | |||||
| 5 | Singles | National Champion | |||||
| 8 | Doubles | National Champion | |||||
| 11 | 1st Division | Teams League Champion | |||||
| International achievements: | 3rd division European Championships Gold Medal in teams event, Guernsey | ||||||
| 3rd division European Championships Silver medal, Malta | |||||||
| Bronze Medal in Small Nation Games, Iceland | |||||||
| 3rd Place Promotion Cup, Luxemburg | |||||||
| Serie C Italian league club Winner | |||||||
| Experience in European Championships: | Stuttgart,
Germany Zagreb, Croatia |
Birmingham,
England Courmayeur, Italy |
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| Experience in World Championships: | New
Delhi, India Chiba, Japan Bremen, Germany |
Dortmund,
Germany Gothenburg, Sweden Doha, Qatar |
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| Training Camps Abroad: | 6 times
Italy (3 Fiuggi, 2 Arezzo, 1 Modena) 2 times United Kingdom (Reading, Manchester) |
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| Style of play: | Natural ball control with unpredictable effective attacks | ||||||
| Coaching Qualification | Certificate approved by the International Table Tennis Federation | ||||||
| Preparation before a tournament: | 4 times training weekly with special diet based on carbohydrates and proteins | ||||||
| Blade Used: | TIBHAR Eloi Swing | ||||||
| Rubbers Used: | Forehand Backhand |
TIBHAR
DTecs TIBHAR Rapid Soft |
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| Most memorable Game | World Championships- Doha,2004… losing 2-0 against Cyprus, 3rd set losing 8-3 also but managed to win the game 3-2 giving the victory to Malta | ||||||
| Motto for success: | Enjoy playing while giving your best performance | ||||||