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Tiago Apolónia
Nationality Portugal
ResidenceOchsenhausen, Germany
Born (1986-07-28) July 28, 1986 (age 38)
Lisbon, Portugal
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight74 kg (11.7 st; 163 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing styleShakehand, Offensive
Equipment(s)TIBHAR
Highest ranking17 (March 2015)
ClubTTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Portugal
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Lisbon Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Saint-Petersburg Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Gdansk-Sopot Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Schwechat Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Ekaterinburg Singles

Tiago Apolónia (born July 28, 1986 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese table tennis player, who is currently playing for German club TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen.

Career

Apolónia began playing table tennis aged six at his hometown club Estrela da Amadora. As a youth player, he was crowned European Junior Doubles champion in 2004 and won a silver medal in the Doubles competition at the Junior World Championships in 2003, both partnering Marcos Freitas.[1] After playing for German clubs TTC indeland Jülich and 1. FC Saarbrücken, he arrived at his current club TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen. In 2006, he won his first ITTF Pro Tour Doubles title in São Paulo, partnering Joao Monteiro. His first ITTF Pro Tour Singles title followed in October 2010 with the Austrian Open in Wels, where he beat Germany's Timo Boll in the final.[2]

He qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the Men's Singles.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was part of the Portuguese men's team.[3]

In 2015 he won first place with his national team (João Geraldo and Marcos Freitas) in table tennis at the 2015 European Games in Baku.

References

  1. ^ http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=8200&NAMES=APOLONIA+Tiago+%28POR%29&Assoc1=POR&Assoc=&s_Gender=&s_Names=apolonia& ITTF Statistics (10/01/2012).
  2. ^ http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=22377&Competition_ID=1988& ITTF Articles (10/01/2012).
  3. ^ "Tiago Apolónia Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-03-13.

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