Former Caribbean men’s singles table tennis champion George `The Chief’ Braithwaite died yesterday in the United States of America (USA).
Braithwaite, 86, who was born in Guyana, migrated to the USA where he was granted citizenship in 1971.
Although he was an athlete early on winning 100m races regionally, table tennis was the sport he loved.
“There is nobody I know that loved table tennis like him,” former seven-time national table tennis men’s singles champion and journalist Mike Baptiste told Stabroek Sports last night in an invited comment.
