Ovidiu George Ionescu (born 28 June 1989) is a Romanian professional

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player who plays with Post SV Mühlhausen and SCM Gloria Buzău.

Career

Ionescu competed at the

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in the

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, in which he was eliminated in the third round by

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. In September 2018, Ionescu reached his first

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final but lost to No.1 seed

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. He defeated holder of the continental title

Emmanuel Lebesson Emmanuel Lebesson (born 24 April 1988) is a French table tennis player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's singles event, in which he was eliminated by Adrian Crișan, and as part of the French team in the men's team event. In ...

in the second round, 6th seed

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in the round of 16, 9th seed

Vladimir Samsonov Vladimir Samsonov or Uładzimir Samsonaŭ ( be, Уладзімір Віктаравіч Самсонаў, russian: Владимир Викторович Самсонов, born 17 April 1976) is a Belarusian former professional table tennis player ...

in the quarterfinals and 8th seed

Kristian Karlsson Kristian Gunnar Karlsson (; born 6 August 1991) is a Swedish professional table tennis player. Career Born in Trollhättan, Västra Götaland, Karlsson started to play table tennis in his hometown club at the age of 8. He remained in Trollhätt ...

in the semi-finals.

Titles

* Romanian Championships: 3 singles titles (2015, 2016, 2017) * World Championships: men's doubles runner-up (2019, together with Álvaro Robles) * European Championships: singles runner-up (2008); mixed doubles runner-up (2022, together with

Bernadette Szőcs Bernadette Cynthia Szőcs ( hu, Szőcs Bernadette Cynthia; born 5 March 1995) is a professional table tennis player from Romania who is currently at a career World Table Tennis (ITTF) high ranking of No. 11. Career In September 2011, she travel ...

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Clubs

Ionescu has been playing in Germany since 2005.

References

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* 1989 births Living people Romanian male table tennis players Olympic table tennis players for Romania Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Buzău World Table Tennis Championships medalists Table tennis players at the 2019 European Games Table tennis players at the 2023 European Games European Games medalists in table tennis European Games silver medalists for Romania European Games bronze medalists for Romania 20th-century Romanian people 21st-century Romanian people {{Romania-tabletennis-bio-stub