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Valentino Piacentini

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Valentino Piacentini
Personal information
Nationality Italy
Born (1978-09-30) 30 September 1978 (age 46)
Medal record
Representing  Italy
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Men's Team

Valentino Piacentini is a male former international table tennis player from Italy.[1]

He won a bronze medal at the 2000 World Team Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Massimiliano Mondello, Umberto Giardina and Yang Min for Italy.[2][3][4]

He was three times Italian champion from 1997 until 1999. He was banned for 20 months in 2008 after testing positive for cocaine.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  4. ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de.
  5. ^ "Piacentini banned for taking cocaine". Europsort.