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- Monday Merotohun (born 2 November 1977 in Ado-Odo, Ogun) is a Nigerian table tennis player. Playing with his partner Segun Toriola, Merotohun defeated Egypt's El-sayed Lashin and Ahmed Saleh for the gold medal in the men's doubles at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria. As of September 2012, Merotohun is ranked no. 184 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). He is a member of AS TT Sport Club Etna Riposto in Catania, Sicily, Italy, and is coached and trained by Obisanya Babatunde. Merotohun is also right-handed, and uses the shakehand grip. Merotohun made his official debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in both the singles and doubles tournaments. For his first event, the men's singles, Merotohun defeated Democratic Republic of the Congo's Momo Babungu in the preliminary round, before losing out his next match to Swedish table tennis player and five-time Olympian Jörgen Persson, with a set score of 1–4. Merotohun also teamed up with four-time Olympian Segun Toriola in the men's doubles, where they lost the first round match to the U.S. pair, Mark Hazinski and Ilija Lupulesku (former Olympic silver medalist from Serbia), receiving a unanimous set score of 0–4. Four years after competing in his first Olympics, Merotohun qualified for his second Nigerian team, as a 30-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing second from the men's singles from the All-Africa Games, and receiving a continental spot for Africa in the men's team under ITTF's Computer Team Ranking List. Merotohun joined with his fellow players Kazeem Nosiru and Segun Toriola for the inaugural men's team event. He and his team placed third in the preliminary pool round, earning a total of four points, two defeats (against Japan and Hong Kong), and a single victory over the Russian team (led by Alexei Smirnov). In the men's singles, Merotohun lost the preliminary round match to Turkey's Cem Zeng, with a set score of 2–4. (en)
- Monday Merotohun ( (Ogun), 2 november 1977) is een Nigeriaans tafeltennisser die van 2006 tot en met 2007 als kopman voor de Nederlandse eredivisionist FVT speelde. Hij kon in Rotterdam zijn voorganger en landgenoot Segun Toriola niet doen vergeten en werd evenals zijn teamgenoten Qi Xiao Feng en Jos Verhulst in de najaarscompetitie '07 vervangen door Danny Heister, Michel de Boer en Barry Wijers. Merotohuns hoogste ranking op de wereldranglijst van de ITTF was de 184e plaats, in augustus 2002. Hij won samen met Toriola goud in het dubbelspeltoernooi op zowel de Gemenebestspelen 2006 als de African Games 2007. In 2003 schreef Merotohun het enkelspeltoernooi van de Afrika Cup op zijn naam. De Nigeriaan plaatste zich voor de Olympische Zomerspelen 2004 en die van 2008. Merotohun kwam in competitieverband verder uit voor onder meer AS TT Sport Club Etna Riposto (Ita) en vanaf 2009/10 voor Argentan Bayard in de Franse Pro B (tweede divisie). (nl)
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- Monday Merotohun (born 2 November 1977 in Ado-Odo, Ogun) is a Nigerian table tennis player. Playing with his partner Segun Toriola, Merotohun defeated Egypt's El-sayed Lashin and Ahmed Saleh for the gold medal in the men's doubles at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria. As of September 2012, Merotohun is ranked no. 184 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). He is a member of AS TT Sport Club Etna Riposto in Catania, Sicily, Italy, and is coached and trained by Obisanya Babatunde. Merotohun is also right-handed, and uses the shakehand grip. (en)
- Monday Merotohun ( (Ogun), 2 november 1977) is een Nigeriaans tafeltennisser die van 2006 tot en met 2007 als kopman voor de Nederlandse eredivisionist FVT speelde. Hij kon in Rotterdam zijn voorganger en landgenoot Segun Toriola niet doen vergeten en werd evenals zijn teamgenoten Qi Xiao Feng en Jos Verhulst in de najaarscompetitie '07 vervangen door Danny Heister, Michel de Boer en Barry Wijers. Merotohun kwam in competitieverband verder uit voor onder meer AS TT Sport Club Etna Riposto (Ita) en vanaf 2009/10 voor Argentan Bayard in de Franse Pro B (tweede divisie). (nl)