Alexey Smirnov (born October 9, 1977) is a male

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 from

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. Since 2003 he won several medals in doubles events in the

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. He also won the gold medal at the

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in 2005 at Rennes. 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. He also won the junior men's doubles at the 1994 European Youth Championships. In May 2011 he qualified for the

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via his world ranking for June 2011. He reached the last 32 where he was beaten by

Jiang Tianyi Jiang Tianyi (; born 28 February 1988) is a male 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 t ...

. The Russian men's team lost to the eventual winners, China, in the first round.

Career records

Singles (as of 4 October 2014) * Olympics: round of 32 (2008, 2012). *

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: round of 32 (2005, 2011, 2013) *

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appearances: 4. Record: 5–8th (2003). * Pro Tour Semi-Final: German Open 2002, Brazilian Open 2003, Croatian Open 2007 * Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 3. Record: round of 16 (2002, 2003, 2010). * European Championships: QF (2003, 2005) *

: Winner (2005). 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). *

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: 7th (2007) * World Cup: 5th (2011)

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* ** ** * * Russian male table tennis players Living people Olympic table tennis players of Russia Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics 1977 births Sportspeople from Tolyatti {{Russia-tabletennis-bio-stub

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