Dimitrij Ovtcharov

Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Russian: Дмитрий Овчаров) or Dmytro Ovtcharov (Ukrainian: Дмитро Овчаров; born 2 September 1988) is a Ukrainian-born German table tennis player. His father Mikhail (or Mikhaylo), a Soviet table tennis champion in 1982, moved his family to Germany shortly after Dimitrij was born.

Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Дмитро Овчаров
Ovtcharov in 2017
Personal information
NationalityGerman
ResidenceDüsseldorf, Germany
Hamelin, Germany
Born (1988-09-02) 2 September 1988
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed, shakehand grip
Equipment(s)Blade: Butterfly Ovtcharov Innerforce ALC
Rubber:
(forehand) Dignics 09C
(backhand) Dignics 05
Highest ranking1 (January 2018)
Current ranking13 (1 November 2023)
ClubTTC Neu-Ulm
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Germany
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 2 4
World Championships 0 4 1
World Cup 1 0 4
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Team
2020 Tokyo Team
2012 London Singles
2012 London Team
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
2020 Tokyo Singles
World Championships
2010 Moscow Team
2012 Dortmund Team
2014 Tokyo Team
2018 HalmstadTeam
2023 Durban Doubles
World Cup
2017 Liège Singles
2009 Linz Team
2011 Magdeburg Team
2013 Verviers Singles
2015 Halmstad Singles
European Games
2015 BakuSingles
2019 MinskTeam
2023 Kraków–MałopolskaTeam
European Championships
2007 Belgrade Team
2008 Saint-Petersburg Team
2009 Stuttgart Team
2010 Ostrava Team
2011 Sopot Team
2013 Schwechat Singles
2013 Schwechat Team
2015 Ekaterinburg Singles
2017 Luxembourg City Team
2019 Nantes Team
2014 Lisbon Team
2015 Ekaterinburg Team
2020 Warsaw Singles
2007 Belgrade Singles
2012 Herning Doubles
Europe Top-12/Top-16
2012 LyonSingles
2015 BakuSingles
2016 GondomarSingles
2017 AntibesSingles
2019 MontreuxSingles
2018 MontreuxSingles
2014 LausanneSingles
2023 MontreuxSingles

Since 2008, Ovtcharov has won a total of two silver and four bronze medals at the Olympics, making him the most decorated male Olympian in the table tennis category in terms of the number of medals awarded. Ranked first January to February 2018, he is ranked ninth in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) as of November 2022.

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