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Ioannis Sgouropoulos

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Ioánnis Sgourópoulos
Personal information
Born (2000-05-08) 8 May 2000 (age 24)
Athena, Greece
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed shakehand
Highest ranking147 (17 August 2023)
Current ranking228 (9 April 2024)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Greece
European Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Guimarães Single
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cluj-Napoca Single
European U-21 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gondomar Single
Gold medal – first place 2021 Spa Single
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran Team

Ioánnis Yiánnis Sgourópoulos (born 8 May 2000) is a Greek table tennis player.

Biography

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Ioannis Sgouropoulos discovered table tennis through his father. He played football when he was younger but gave up at 10 or 11 to become a professional table tennis player.[1]

He won two consecutive European youth table tennis championships in 2017 and 2018. He also won two gold medals at the European U-21 table tennis championships in men's singles event.[2]

He had problems with being overweight which forced him to reduce it. It is sponsored by the brand Donic.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Ioannis Sgouropoulos (Tennis de table) : Palmarès et résultats". www.les-sports.info (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  2. ^ "Sgouropoulos rejoint Karlsson à Hennebont". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  3. ^ "CREATE SUCCESS". CREATE SUCCESS. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
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