Alexey Smirnov (table tennis)
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| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexey Smirnov (born October 9, 1977) is a male
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]
- Olympics: round of 32 (2008, 2012).
- World Championships: round of 32 (2005, 2011, 2013)
- World Cup appearances: 4. Record: 5–8th (2003).
- Pro TourSemi-Final: German Open 2002, Brazilian Open 2003, Croatian Open 2007
- Pro Tour Grand Finalsappearances: 3. Record: round of 16 (2002, 2003, 2010).
- European Championships: QF (2003, 2005)
- Europe Top-12: Winner (2005).[5]
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
- ^ a b c d "Reference at www.ittf.com".
- ^ "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). - ^ "London 2012 – Men's Singles (Table Tennis)". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "London 2012 – Men's Team (Table Tennis)". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Owtscharow und Wu Jiaduo gewinnen Europa-Top-12".
External links
- Alexey Smirnov at World Table Tennis
- "Alexey Smirnov at old.ittf.com". Archived from the original on 2017-01-11. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "Alexey Smirnov at ittfranking.com". Archived from the original on 2014-08-02. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- "Alexey Smirnov at old.ittf.com". Archived from the original on 2017-01-11. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
- Alexei Smirnov at Olympics.com
- Aleksey Smirnov at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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