fullname playingstyle club crank headercolor birth_place weight imagesize equipment height hrank sport birth_date nickname image article_title name
kyle davis right-handed , classic melbourne sports and aquatic centre 473 -lrb- october 2011 -rrb- lightblue melbourne , victoria , australia 74 kg lb 0 on 200px butterfly jonyer 1.78 0 on 401 -lrb- december 2008 -rrb- table tennis 18 january 1989 '' rooner '' kyledavis.jpg kyle davis -lrb- table tennis -rrb-
 kyle davis
kyle davis -lrb- table tennis -rrb-

kyle davis -lrb- born january 18 , 1989 in melbourne -rrb- is an australian table tennis player .
he was selected to represent his nation , australia , at the 2008 summer olympics and at the 2010 commonwealth games in delhi , india .
as of october 2011 , davis is ranked no. 401 in the world by the international table tennis federation -lrb- ittf -rrb- .
he is also right-handed , and uses the classic grip and butterfly jonyer blade .
since becoming a member of the national team in 2004 , davis is considered one of australia 's most promising table tennis players in its sporting history .
he has obtained thirty-six age-group australian titles in both the singles and doubles tournaments , and finished fourth in the men 's doubles at the australian youth olympic festival .
in 2007 , davis picked up a silver medal at the peak of his career in the men 's singles at the commonwealth championships in jaipur , india .
davis qualified for the australian squad , as a 19-year-old teen , in two table tennis events at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing , by placing second in the men 's singles from the oceania qualification tournament in noumea , and receiving a continental spot for oceania in the men 's team under ittf 's computer team ranking list .
joining his fellow players william henzell and david zalcberg in the inaugural men 's team event , davis and his australian squad finished on the bottom of the prelim pool with three straight defeats against greece , austria , and the host nation china.a few days later , in the men 's singles , davis lost his opening match to egypt 's ahmed ali saleh with a set score 1 -- 4 .
