Vladimir Samsonov
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Vladimir Samsonov (born April 17, 1976 in Minsk
) is a Belarus
ian professional table tennis
player, ranked ninth in the world as of October 2011. He is known in China as the "Tai Chi Master" because of his superb all-around (both offensive and defensive) style.
Men's Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Team
Minsk
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) is a Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
ian professional table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
player, ranked ninth in the world as of October 2011. He is known in China as the "Tai Chi Master" because of his superb all-around (both offensive and defensive) style.
Career records
Singles (as of December 26, 2010)- OlympicsTable tennis at the Summer OlympicsTable tennis competition has been in the Summer Olympic Games since 1988, with singles and doubles events for both men and women. Athletes from China have dominated the sport, winning a total of 41 medals in 24 events, including 20 gold medals.-Events:...
: QF (1996, 2000). - World ChampionshipsWorld Table Tennis ChampionshipsThe World Table Tennis Championships are held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Seven events were included in the Championships. The World Team Table Tennis Championships, which include men's team and women's team events, were first their own competition in 2000. The Team Championships are held in...
: runner-up (1997). - World CupTable Tennis World CupThe Table Tennis World Cup has been held annually since 1980. There had been only men's singles until the inauguration of women's singles in 1996 and team competitions in 1990. The team competitions, the World Team Cup, were canceled until the relaunch in 2007, and now held in odd-numbered years...
appearances: 12.
Record: winner (1999, 2001, 09); 3rd (1996, 97). - Pro TourITTF Pro TourThe ITTF Pro Tour is a series of table tennis tournaments introduced by International Table Tennis Federation in 1996, in order to improve the quality of the sport. It includes 6 events: Men's and Women's Singles, Men's and Women's Doubles, and Men's and Women's Singles Under 21...
winner (×22):
Italian Open 1996; Swedish Open 1997; Croatian Open 1998; Croatian, Japan Open 1999; Croatian Open 2000; German Open 2001; Qatar Open 2003; Brazil Open 2004; Croatian, Russian, German Open 2005; Croatian, Chile Open 2006; Chinese Taipei Open 2007; Slovenian, Kuwait, Belarus Open 2008; Morocco Open 2009; Morocco, Korea, Polish Open 2010.
Runner-up (×9):
Qatar Open 1997; Yugoslavian, German Open 1998; Brazil Open 2000; German Open 2002; Polish Open 2006; Croatian Open 2007; Singapore Open 2008; German Open 2009. - Pro Tour Grand FinalsITTF Pro Tour Grand FinalsThe ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals is an annual table tennis tournament sanctioned by International Table Tennis Federation at the end of the year. The tournament includes six events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, U21 men's and women's singles...
appearances: 12. Record: winner (1997); runner-up (1996); SF (2008, 10). - European ChampionshipsTable Tennis European ChampionshipsThe European Table Tennis Championships were first held in 1958. Between 1958 and 2002, the European Championships were held every two years in the even years. From 2003 they were held in odd years. Since 2008 the tournament has been held annually...
: winner (1998, 2003, 05); runner-up (2007, 08). - Europe Top-12Europe Top-12The Europe Top-12 is an European table tennis tournament organized by the European Table Tennis Union on a yearly basis between the twelve strongest players in Europe. The tournament was first held in 1971 for both the men's and women's competition, adopting a single round-robin format...
: winner (1998, 99, 2001, 07); 2nd (1997, 2002, 03, 05, 08, 09, 10).
Men's Doubles
- Olympics: lost 1st stage (1996, 2000).
- World Championships: runner-up (1995); SF (1999).
- Pro Tour winner (×1): Austrian Open 1997.
Runner-up (×1): Croatian Open 1999. - Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 3.
Record: runner-up (1996, 97). - European Championships: winner (1998); runner-up (2005); SF (1994).
Mixed Doubles
- World Championships: round of 16 (1995).
- European Championships: winner (1996).
Team
- World Championships: 7th (2010).
- European Championships: 1st (2003); 2nd (2008, 10).