Homayoun Kamkar-Parsi

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Homayoun lived in France for about ten years (in Nice in the southeast of France). He started playing table tennis while he was in France when he was about eleven years old. When Homayoun moved to Canada, he joined the Junior National Team and then later the National Team. He practices full-time in Ottawa, Ontario.

Homayoun is also currently pursuing a Ph.D degree in Electrical Engineering, specializing in DSP (digital signal processing). He is currently collaborating with Siemens Corp. developing noise reduction schemes for hearing aids. This work will be part of his Ph.D thesis. Homayoun is also a teaching assistant for the DSP course at the University of Ottawa.

Homayoun is very proud of his pursuit of a high-level education while training and competing in table tennis at an international level. Besides playing table tennis, he like to watch movies, listen to music, work out, play tennis and soccer, hang out with his friends, and go shopping!

Some of his noteworthy achievements include:

• 2008 Canada Top 14 (Vancouver, British Columbia): fifth place
• 2007 World Championships (Zagreb, Croatia): member of Canadian National Team
• 2007 North American Team Championships (Baltimore, Maryland): Silver Medal
• 2007 Canadian National Championships: Gold Medal in Team (Team Ontario), Silver Medal in Men’s Doubles, Bronze Medal in Mixed Doubles
• 2006 Canadian National Championships: Gold Medals in Team (Team Ontario), Men’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles
• 2006 North American Tour Finals (Stanford, California): Bronze Medal in Singles
• 2004 North American Championships (Atlanta, Georgia): Bronze Medal in Men’s Doubles
• 2003 Canadian National Championships: Gold Medals in Team (Team Ontario), Men’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles
• 2003 North American Championships (San Diego, California): Bronze Medal in Men’s Doubles
• 2003 Canada Top 12 (Vancouver, British Columbia): Silver Medal in Men’s Doubles
• 2002 Canadian National Championships: Gold Medal in Team (Team Ontario), Silver Medal in Mixed Doubles
• 2000 Commonwealth of Nation Championships (Singapore): Bronze Medal in Team (Team Canada)
• 2000 World Championships (Malaysia): member of Canada National Team
• 2000 Canadian National Championships: U-22 Gold Medal
• 1996 Ontario Junior Champion
• 1996 Canadian National Junior Table Tennis Athlete of the Year
• 1995 English International Junior Open (England): Gold Medal in Singles

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