Alexey Smirnov (table tennis)

Alexey Smirnov (born October 9, 1977) is a male table tennis player from Russia. Since 2003 he won several medals in doubles events in the Table Tennis European Championships. He also won the gold medal at the Europe Top-12 in 2005 at Rennes.[1]

Alexey Smirnov
Personal information
Full nameAlexey Smirnov
Nationality Russia
Born (1977-10-09) October 9, 1977
Tolyatti, USSR
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Russia
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 Courmayeur Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Aarhus Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Aarhus Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Belgrade Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Belgrade Mixed Doubles

He is also a multiple Russian national champion – four times in Men Singles and five in Men Doubles. He was also part of the winning cadet European Youth Championship team in 1992, as well as being the winner of the men's singles, the men's doubles and the mixed doubles at the junior level at the 1995 European Youth Championships.[1] He also won the junior men's doubles at the 1994 European Youth Championships.[1]

In May 2011 he qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games via his world ranking for June 2011.[2] He reached the last 32 where he was beaten by Jiang Tianyi.[3] The Russian men's team lost to the eventual winners, China, in the first round.[4]

Career records

Singles (as of 4 October 2014)[1]

Men's doubles

  • Olympics – 4th (2004)
  • World Championships: round of 16 (2003, 2005, 2007)
  • Pro Tour winner (1): Slovenian Open 2010.
  • European Championships: Runner-up (2003)

Mixed doubles

  • World Championships: round of 64 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007).
  • European Championships: QF (2005, 2007)F (2007).

Team

  • Olympics: 9th (2012).
  • World Championships: 6th (2006, 2010).
  • World Team Cup: 7th (2007)
  • World Cup: 5th (2011)

See also

References
  1. "Reference at www.ittf.com".
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Players qualified for the 2012 London Olympic Games (11/01/2012).
  3. "London 2012 – Men's Singles (Table Tennis)". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. "London 2012 – Men's Team (Table Tennis)". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  5. "Owtscharow und Wu Jiaduo gewinnen Europa-Top-12".


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