Dimitrij Ovtcharov

Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Дмитро Овчаров
Ovtcharov in 2017
Personal information
NationalityGerman
ResidenceDüsseldorf, Germany
Hamelin, Germany
Born (1988-09-02) 2 September 1988 (age 35)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union[1]
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Weight78 kg (172 lb)[2]
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)[3]
Current ranking13 (1 November 2023)[4]
ClubTTC Neu-Ulm[5]
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
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Singles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Moscow Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 Dortmund Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Halmstad Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Durban Doubles
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 Liège Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Linz Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Magdeburg Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Verviers Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Halmstad Singles
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Belgrade Team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Saint-Petersburg Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Stuttgart Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Ostrava Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Sopot Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Schwechat Singles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Schwechat Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Ekaterinburg Singles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Luxembourg City Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Nantes Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Lisbon Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Ekaterinburg Team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Warsaw Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Belgrade Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Herning Doubles
Europe Top-12/Top-16
Gold medal – first place 2012 Lyon Singles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Singles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Gondomar Singles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Antibes Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Montreux Singles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Montreux Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Lausanne Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Montreux Singles

Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Russian: Дмитрий Овчаров) or Dmytro Ovtcharov (Ukrainian: Дмитро Овчаров; born 2 September 1988) is a Ukrainian-born German table tennis player.[6] His father Mikhail (or Mikhaylo), a Soviet table tennis champion in 1982, moved his family to Germany shortly after Dimitrij was born.

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.[7]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dimitrij Ovtcharov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 February 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Dimitrij Ovtcharov". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Ranking progression". ittf.com. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  4. ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Team". ttcnu.de (in German). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Ovtcharov Dimitrij". Players' Biographies. International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
  7. ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.