Sofia Polcanova (born 3 September 1994 in

Chișinău Chișinău ( , , ), also known as Kishinev (russian: Кишинёв, r=Kishinjóv ), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Republic of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial center, and is located in the ...

) is a Moldovan-

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table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player. She competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the second round by

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, and as part of the Austrian team in the

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event. In 2021, she competed in the 2020 Olympics.

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1994 births Living people Austrian female table tennis players Moldovan table tennis players Female table tennis players Olympic table tennis players for Austria Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Chișinău Austrian people of Moldovan descent Moldovan emigrants to Austria Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Moldovan expatriate sportspeople in Japan Naturalised citizens of Austria Table tennis players at the 2015 European Games Table tennis players at the 2019 European Games European Games competitors for Austria Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa players Naturalised table tennis players Expatriate table tennis people in Japan Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Moldovan expatriate sportspeople in Austria Table tennis players at the 2023 European Games {{Austria-tabletennis-bio-stub