OVTCHAROV Dimitrij

Date of Birth: 2 Sep 1988

Age: 32

Gender: Male

Place of birth: KIEV

Birth Country:

Ukraine

Place of residence : DUSSELDORF

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Men's Singles	3
	Men's Team GER Germany	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Men's Singles Round 3 #45 GER OVTCHAROV DOVTCHAROV Dimitrij 4 ROC SKACHKOV KSKACHKOV Kirill 0	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Men's Singles Round of 16 #55 JPN NIWA KNIWA Koki 1 GER OVTCHAROV DOVTCHAROV Dimitrij 4	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Men's Singles Quarterfinal #60 BRA CALDERANO HCALDERANO Hugo 2 GER OVTCHAROV DOVTCHAROV Dimitrij 4	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Men's Singles Semifinal #63 GER OVTCHAROV DOVTCHAROV Dimitrij 3 CHN MA LMA Long 4	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Men's Singles Bronze Medal Match #64 TPE LIN YJLIN Yun Ju 3 GER OVTCHAROV DOVTCHAROV Dimitrij 4	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Men's Team Round of 16 #8 POR Portugal 0 GER Germany 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Men's Team Quarterfinal #12 TPE Chinese Taipei 2 GER Germany 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Men's Team Semifinal #14 JPN Japan 2 GER Germany 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Men's Team Gold Medal Team Match #16 CHN China 3 GER Germany 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Singles	Team
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	QF	3
2012	London, GBR	3	3
2008	Beijing, CHN	4R	2

World Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles M	Doubles X	Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	3R	-	-	-
2018	Halmstad, SWE	-	-	-	2
2017	Dusseldorf, GER	4R	-	-	-
2015	Suzhou, CHN	2R	-	-	-
2014	Tokyo, JPN	-	-	-	2
2013	Paris, FRA	4R	-	-	-
2012	Dortmund, GER	-	-	-	2
2011	Rotterdam, NED	4R	1R	-	-
2010	Moscow, RUS	-	-	-	2
2009	Yokohama, JPN	4R	3R	-	-
2008	Guangzhou, CHN	-	-	-	7
2007	Zagreb, CRO	2R	2R	2R	-

Year	Location	Singles
2020	Weihai, CHN	QF
2019	Chengdu, CHN	QF
2018	Paris, FRA	4
2017	Liege, BEL	1
2016	Saarbrucken, GER	Last 16

European Games

Year	Location	Singles	Team
2019	Minsk, BLR	4R	1

European Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Team
2021	Warsaw, POL	2	-
2019	Nantes, FRA	-	1
2018	Alicante, ESP	3R	-
2017	Luxembourg, LUX	-	1
2016	Budapest, HUN	2R	-

WTT Star Contender

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles M
2021	Doha, QAT	3	QF

ITTF Finals

Year	Location	Singles
2020	Zhengzhou, CHN	1R
2019	Zhengzhou, CHN	1R
2017	Astana, KAZ	2
2016	Doha, QAT	QF

ITTF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32	L64
2020	Singles	-	-	2x	-	-	-	-
2020	Doubles M	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-
2019	Singles	-	1x	-	3x	4x	1x	-
2019	Doubles M	-	-	-	1x	1x	-	-
2018	Singles	-	-	-	2x	2x	3x	-
2017	Singles	4x	-	-	-	1x	-	-

ITTF World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2017	Singles	German Open	Magdeburg, GER
1	2017	Singles	Bulgarian Open	Panagyurishte, BUL
1	2017	Singles	China Open	Chengdu, CHN
1	2017	Singles	Indian Open	New Delhi, IND
2	2019	Singles	Czech Open	Olomouc, CZE
3	2020	Singles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
3	2020	Singles	German Open	Magdeburg, GER
Quarterfinal	2020	Doubles	German Open	Magdeburg, GER
Quarterfinal	2019	Singles	Austrian Open	Linz, AUT
Quarterfinal	2019	Singles	Swedish Open	Stockholm, SWE
Quarterfinal	2019	Singles	Bulgarian Open	Panagyurishte, BUL
Quarterfinal	2019	Doubles	China Open	Shenzhen, CHN
Quarterfinal	2018	Singles	Swedish Open	Stockholm, SWE
Quarterfinal	2018	Singles	Czech Open	Olomouc, CZE

Legend
W - Winner, RU - Runner-up, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 4R - 4th Round, 3R - 3rd Round, 2R - 2nd Round, 1R - 1st Round, Prel. Rnd - Preliminary Round, L16 - Last 16, L32 - Last 32, L64 - Last 64, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed

Dima, Dimi (tischtennis.de, 16 Nov 2007)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, German, Russian

Fakel Orenburg [Russian Federation]

Vladimir Endolov [club], RUS; Jorg Rosskopf [national], GER

Right (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

Sporting relatives:

His father Mikhail played table tennis for the Soviet Union at international level. His wife Jenny Mellstrom has also competed in the sport, representing Sweden at the 2006 European Junior Championships in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (SportsDeskOnline, 30 May 2017; ittf.com, 28 Aug 2016; brandfaktor.de, 25 Aug 2011)

In early 2018, he injured his femur [thigh bone]. He continued to play sporadically throughout the year but needed six months to recover fully. (sportschau.de, 07 Sep 2019)

A back injury caused him to withdraw from the 2016 World Team Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (ITTF, 23 Feb 2016)

He began playing table tennis in 1992 at the TSV Schwalbe Tundern club after his family moved from Ukraine to Germany. (sport.ard.de, 28 Mar 2007)

His parents were both coaches in the sport and encouraged him to play. (borussia-duesseldorf.com, 01 Aug 2014; sport.ard.de, 28 Mar 2007)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (myTischtennis.de YouTube channel, 04 Sep 2019; de.butterfly.tt, 01 Jan 2020)

Philosophy:

"[When I was younger] in training I used to bite my fingernails, then my dad said if you can't control yourself you can't have success in sport. Self-discipline, self-control and accurate planning are very important. He always explained to me if you don't give everything today, you cannot make it tomorrow. This is why I go confident into big tournaments as I know I prepared myself well, not just in the training hall but also the time around it. It is important to have a good balance between sleep, nutrition and training. Live disciplined and don't lose too much energy outside of table tennis, [but] having fun is important and I have learned this with time. If you don't do something with your heart then you lose the fun." (tabletennisdaily.com, 01 Jun 2016)

General Interest

Grip
Shakehand (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

Style of play
Attack (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

General
NEW RUBBER IN 2020
He began using the Dignics 09C rubber in 2020 and says it has given him more confidence, but reduced the speed of his service and required him to adjust his game tactics. "With the equipment I used before, I could not return unless I found the correct racket angle according to the spin of the opponent's ball. Then, with the change to plastic balls, various balls were released, and the spin of the opponent's ball also varied, so I had to search for the correct angle every time. If you start making mistakes in such difficult situations during a match, you will lose your movement and lose confidence. That was the problem. I have a good service, but when my opponent neutralises the spin of my service and successfully receives, I get a lot of spin back and that ball is not easy to control. [The new rubber] is not difficult, but in the case of service, it does not have much speed. Previously, I had a problem that my service was long and my opponent could attack from my service. When I first switched to Dignics 09C, my service was too short. Service practice is still ongoing [March 2020] and control is getting better and better. I can now apply more spins and I don't have to worry about the service going long. I had to change my game tactics a bit, but in the long run I think it would be my advantage because the amount of spin could be increased." (butterflyonline.com, 30 Mar 2020)

FROM UKRAINE TO GERMANY
In 1992 he moved with his family from Ukraine to Hamelin, Germany. (sport.ard.de, 28 Mar 2007)

Milestones

At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro his bronze medal in the men's team event made him the first player from an NOC outside of Asia to win four career Olympic table tennis medals. He was also the first player from an NOC outside of Asia to win three career Olympic table tennis medals when he claimed two bronze medals in 2012 [men's team, singles] following a silver [men's team] at the 2008 Games. (SportsDeskOnline, 30 Mar 2020)

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Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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