Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Ukrainian Дмитро Овчаров / Dmytro Owtscharow, Russian Дмитрий Михайлович Овчаров / Dmitri Mikhailovich Owtscharow; born September 2, 1988 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR ) is a German table tennis player of Ukrainian descent.
Career
Already in his childhood Dimitrij was encouraged by his father Mikhail Owtscharow, a former Soviet table tennis champion ( about 80 appearances in the national team), and his mother, Tatiana, who has an A- license coaching license. 1992 pulled the table tennis enthusiastic family in the district of Hamelin Tündern. There he met with his father TSV swallow Tündern in, got into the 2005 season in the Bundesliga and elaborated in the following season the top position within the team. From 2007 to 2009 he played for Borussia Dusseldorf. He then played at Royal Villette Charleroi in Belgium and moved in 2010 to the Russian club Fakel Gazprom Orenburg.
His first assignment in the national team in September 2006 in the European Championship qualifier against Croatia. He won both his singles match against Adrian Crisan and Andrei Filimon. In the Table Tennis European Championships in Belgrade 2007 he belonged to the German squad, where he won gold and bronze in the individual.
At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, for which he qualified with his 19 world ranking position in January 2008 directly, he reached with the German national team after victories over Croatia, Canada, Singapore and Japan, the final, the 0-3 against hosts China was lost. In individual he reached the first knockout round. In addition to winning the silver medal with the team in Beijing him with the national team managed to defend the title at the 2008 European Championships in St. Petersburg by a 3-2 over Belarus. In the decisive individual Ovtcharov hit the White Russians Vitaly Nechwedowitsch in four sets.
At the World Cup 2011 Ovtcharov reached the first knockout round, where he lost to Timo Boll with 2:4. In the final of the German Championship 2011 in Bamberg, he had to admit defeat against Bastian Steger almost 3:4. The summer of 2011 was very successful for Ovtcharov: In just three weeks, he won the Pro Tour tournaments Brazilian Open and Korean Open, at the Brazilian Open, he made no record.
At the Olympic Games in London in 2012, he secured the bronze medal in singles. After a 4-3 victory in the quarterfinals against Michael Maze, he failed in the semifinal against world champion Zhang Jike from China with 1:4. In the final match for the bronze medal he won 4:2 against the Taiwanese Chuang Chih -Yuan. After Jörg Rosskopf Ovtcharov is the second German to have won an Olympic medal in table tennis singles. With the team, he also won the bronze medal. After a semi-final defeat against China, the German team against Hong Kong remained 3-1 the upper hand. At the European Championships in 2012 Ovtcharov won in double along with Vladimir Samsonov the bronze medal in doubles. In individual he already retired from the quarter-finals. Because of his achievements, he was elected to the Table Tennis Player of the Year in 2012.
At the World Cup in 2013 Ovtcharov met in the second round to Patrick Baum, with whom he has been friends since school days. Tree won the duel 4-1. In July 2013 he played for Guangdong in the Chinese Super League. In October 2013 he became European champion in singles for the first time. In the absence of Timo Boll, he kept as topgesetzter player in the semifinals against teammate Bastian Steger 4-2 the upper hand and defeated in the final his club mates Vladimir Samsonov 4-0. Previously, he had been brought with the team title and also won all of its games here. Three weeks later he arrived with a victory against Timo Boll third place in the World Cup. Previously, he had lost in the semifinals to eventual winners Xu Xin for a 3-2 lead even with 3:4. So he overtook in the ITTF World Ranking Timo Boll and is the first time the best-placed German and European player. On March 2, 2014, he was a 4-1 playoff victory over first German champion Timo Boll.
Doping violation and waiver of disciplinary proceedings
On 22 September 2010, the German Table Tennis Association ( DTTB ) Ovtcharov had provisionally suspended after a positive doping test with immediate effect. In the A- sample he had tested positive for the banned performance-enhancing agent clenbuterol. Ovtcharov denied the drug-taking and requested the opening of the B sample. September 30, 2010 announced the German Table Tennis Association, that the B sample was positive. Ovtcharov suspected that he had unknowingly taken clenbuterol through contaminated food during the China Open in mid-August. In a hearing at the DTTB indications were listed and heard experts for this purpose. Among other things made Ovtcharov analyze a hair sample. At the opening of disciplinary proceedings against Ovtcharov was waived on 15 October 2010 by the DTTB because of the alleged evidence. The suspension was lifted with immediate effect. The World Anti -Doping Agency WADA had end of November 2010 a precautionary measure to safeguard the period appealed to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport against the waiver of the method and the DTTB charged with the re-examination of the operation. In January 2011, the waiver of the disciplinary proceedings of an association's internal commission of the DTTB was confirmed. NADA and WADA gave up a renewed objection, thereby waiving of the disciplinary proceedings by the DTTB is confirmed.
Achievements
Singles
- Olympics: Bronze 2012
- European Championships: gold in 2013, bronze in 2007
- World Cup: 3rd place in 2013, quarterfinals 2008
- German Championship: winner 2014, 2nd in 2007, 2011, 2012; 3rd place 2009
- National ranking tournament: Winner 2007
- Europe Top 12: Winner 2012 Quarterfinals 2008
- Brazilian Open: Winner 2011, Semifinal 2007
- Korean Open: Winner 2011, Semifinal 2008
- Indian Open: Winner 2010
- Danish Open: 2nd place in 2009
- Slovenian Open: Semi-finals 2008
- German Open: Winner 2012, 2014
- Europe Youth Top -12: Winner 2005, 2006
- World Junior Championship: 3rd Place 2006
- European Youth Championship: Winner 2005
- Students Championship: 2nd place in 2002
- Multiple German champion in the youth and student class
Doubles
- European Championship: Bronze 2012
- German Championship: winner 2008, 2010
Team
- Olympic Games: Silver 2008, Bronze 2012
- World Cup: Silver 2010, 2012
- European Championships: Gold 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
- Champions League: Winner 2009, 2012, 2013
- German Championship: winner 2008, 2009
- German Cup: Winner 2008
- World Junior Championship: 3rd place 2004, 2006
- European Youth Championship: winner 2004, 2006; 2nd place in 2005
- Students Championship: 2002, 2003
Private
Dimitrijs father Mikhail Owtscharow ( born May 11, 1961) played in the Russian national team and was up to the 2007/ 08 season coach in the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga with TSV swallow Tündern (2009). He was a Soviet champion in 1982 and twice took part in World and European championships.
Results from the ITTF database