GAUZY Simon

France
Table Tennis
25 Oct 1994
26
Male
Youth Olympian
TOULOUSE
 
France
OCHSENHAUSEN
 
Germany

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
TTE Table Tennis Men's Singles 9
Men's Team
FRA
France
 5

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1
Men's Singles Round 3
#48
FRA
GAUZY SGAUZY Simon
4
DEN
GROTH JGROTH Jonathan
0
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1
Men's Singles Round of 16
#57
FRA
GAUZY SGAUZY Simon
1
CHN
MA LMA Long
4
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4
Men's Team Round of 16
#2
HKG
Hong Kong, China
0
FRA
France
3
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1
Men's Team Quarterfinal
#9
CHN
China
3
FRA
France
0
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocationSinglesTeam
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA3R1R

Youth Olympic Games
YearLocationSinglesTeam X
2010Singapore, SIN3Last 16

World Championships
YearLocationSinglesDoubles MDoubles XTeam
2019Budapest, HUNQF---
2018Halmstad, SWE---17
2017Dusseldorf, GER2R2R--
2016Kuala Lumpur, MAS---5
2015Suzhou, CHN2R3R2R-
2014Tokyo, JPN---13
2013Paris, FRA2R2R2R-
2012Dortmund, GER---18
2010Moscow, RUS---19

World Cup
YearLocationSingles
2019Chengdu, CHNLast 16
2018Paris, FRALast 16
2017Liege, BEL4
2016Saarbrucken, GERQF

European Games
YearLocationSinglesTeam
2019Minsk, BLR3R1R

European Championships
YearLocationSinglesDoubles MDoubles XTeam
2021Warsaw, POL2R-3-
2019Nantes, FRA---3
2018Alicante, ESP2RQF--
2017Luxembourg, LUX---3
2016Budapest, HUN21R--

WTT Star Contender
YearLocationSingles
2021Doha, QAT3R

ITTF Finals
YearLocationSingles
2020Zhengzhou, CHN1R
2017Astana, KAZ1R

ITTF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017
YearEventWRUSFQFL16L32L64
2020Singles---1x1x1x-
2019Singles---1x5x3x-
2018Singles---1x1x5x-
2018Doubles M----3x--
2017Singles-1x1x-3x2x-
2017Doubles M--1x1x---

ITTF World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017
RankYearEventCompetitionLocation
22017SinglesAustralian OpenBrisbane, QLD, AUS
32017SinglesAustrian OpenLinz, AUT
32017DoublesCzech OpenOlomouc, CZE
Quarterfinal2020SinglesQatar OpenDoha, QAT
Quarterfinal2019SinglesSwedish OpenStockholm, SWE
Quarterfinal2018SinglesGerman OpenBremen, GER
Quarterfinal2017DoublesAustralian OpenBrisbane, QLD, AUS
Last 162020SinglesGerman OpenMagdeburg, GER
Last 162019SinglesAustrian OpenLinz, AUT
Last 162019SinglesCzech OpenOlomouc, CZE
Last 162019SinglesHong Kong OpenHong Kong, CHN
Last 162019SinglesChina OpenShenzhen, CHN
Last 162019SinglesHungarian OpenBudapest, HUN
Last 162018SinglesJapan OpenKitakyushu, JPN
Last 162018DoublesAustralian OpenGold Coast, QLD, AUS
Last 162018DoublesGerman OpenBremen, GER
Last 162018DoublesQatar OpenDoha, QAT
Last 162017SinglesGerman OpenMagdeburg, GER
Last 162017SinglesKorea OpenIncheon, KOR
Last 162017SinglesHungarian OpenBudapest, HUN


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
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Zigaille (nrpyrenees.fr, 29 Mar 2021)
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Athlete
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English, French
:
TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen [Germany]
:
Yong Fu [club]; Patrick Chila [national], FRA
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Right (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)
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He suffered an herniated disk injury in late 2017. He underwent surgery, which kept him out of competition for four months and continued to affect him throughout the 2018 season. (ittf.com, 05 Jan 2018; olympics.com, 09 May 2020; 20minutes.fr, 01 Mar 2019)

In 2012 he missed an Olympic qualifying tournament due to an ankle injury, which meant he was unable to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (nrpyrenees.fr, 29 Mar 2021; olympics.com, 09 May 2020)
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He took up the sport at age seven in Berat, France. (nrpyrenees.fr, 29 Mar 2021)
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He began playing the sport when his father bought a table tennis table. "My father played tennis so I began with tennis at age four and continued playing until age 10. At the same time I began with table tennis at age seven. Actually, my father bought a table to play in the garden with my brothers. From age seven to 10 I played both tennis and table tennis. And I think that at age 10 my parents were just fed up of so much commuting to training and asked me to choose between them. I chose table tennis and so far I do not regret it." (nrpyrenees.fr, 29 Mar 2021; lequipe.fr, 26 Apr 2019)
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To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olympics.com, 09 May 2020)
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"I'm not afraid of anyone, even though I know I cannot beat everybody. Even if it is almost impossible, I always think I can win. This is what pushes me to perform." (20minutes.fr, 03 Oct 2013)

General Interest

Grip
Shakehand (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

Style of play
Attack (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

General
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE
After missing the 2012 Olympic Games in London due to injury, he was then disappointed with his performance at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He hopes to use his negative experience from the Olympic Games in 2012 and 2016 as motivation to improve his performance at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. "I qualified for Rio with ease and I wanted to take some sort of revenge for not qualifying for 2012. However, nothing went as planned. I am a big sports fan and I got distracted so much by all the star athletes around me. It was a bad moment because my games were so poor. At age 26 [speaking in 2021] is not the same as at 21. Now I know what to expect and even if I am still a fan of certain athletes, I no longer put them on a pedestal as I did five years ago [in 2016]. I do not say that things are going to go well this time but I would like to play my best game. And if that's the case, then there might be some good things to come afterwards." (nrpyrenees.fr, 29 Mar 2021)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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