I want to be Ghana's number one seed – Mawutor Quarcoo

Ernest Mawutor Quarcoo, Ghana’s new table tennis sensation has high ambitions of representing the country and winning medals at the 2019 All Africa Games to be staged in Morocco.

Quarcoo, who won the 2019 Ghana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Chairman’s Cup at the Accra Sports Stadium on January 26, was optimistic of clinching Ghana’s first medal in the men’s singles competition at the All Africa Games since 1965, when Emmanuel Quaye won bronze at the Brazzaville Games.

“I am always training because my main target is to represent Ghana at the All Africa Games and win a medal and I would not relent on my training. I won the Chairman’s Cup because I trained well and I would continue to train well,” he said in an interview with the media.

Quarcoo, a leading Fire Officer at the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) and has recorded some great feats in the sport and is poised to do more.

“In 2009, I became the national Under-18 champion. That same year, Emmanuel Commey and I represented Ghana at the Laurent Gbagbo West Africa Open Championship and we won gold. The likes of Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Congo and others contested as well. I won the Chairman’s Cup this year.

“My dream is to play at the highest level. I believe that the All Africa Games in August would be a fine opportunity to make my dream a reality,” he stated.

Mawuto is currently ranked in the top three by the Ghana Table Tennis Federation (GTTF).