Alexei Grigoryevich Smirnov

Alexei Grigoryevich Smirnov
Alexey Smirnov in the Russian premier league (2012/13 season) in Moscow
Nation:	Russia
Date of birth:	October 9, 1977
Place of birth:	Tolyatti
Playing hand:	Right handed
How to play:	Shakehand
Best world ranking :	11 (July - September 2003)

Alexei Grigoryevich Smirnow ( Russian Алексей Григорьевич Смирнов , born October 9, 1977 in Tolyatti ) is a Russian table tennis player . He is five times European youth champion and won the European ranking tournament Europe TOP-12 once . With Gazprom Fakel Orenburg he won the ETTU Champions League in 2013, 2015 and 2017.

youth

In 1992 Smirnov became European Cadet Champion with the Russian team. Two years later he won the double competition in Paris together with Denis Gavrilov. At the European Youth Championship in 1995, he won three titles, namely in singles, doubles (with the Dane Martin Monrad ) and in mixed (with Olga Kashulina).

Adults

Since 1995 Smirnov has taken part in all table tennis world championships for Russia . In 2006 he reached sixth place with the team. In 2003 he became vice European champion in doubles with Dmitri Masunow . At the following European Championships he reached the semi-finals in doubles and mixed. In 2005 he won the European ranking tournament Europe TOP-12 in Rennes . He eliminated Timo Boll in the semifinals and defeated Vladimir Samsonov in the final .

In 2004 and 2008 he took part in the Olympic Games, in 2004 in Athens , in doubles with Dmitri Masunow, he reached 4th place.

Bundesliga

In 1997, Smirnov moved from the Russian club Samara to the German Bundesliga for 1. FC Bayreuth . A year later he joined TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen . After an interlude in the 2000/01 season at TTC Rhön-Sprudel Fulda-Maberzell , he returned to Ochsenhausen. With Ochsenhausen he was German champion in 2000 and 2004 and German cup winner in 2002 and 2003. In 2004 he went to Belgium to Royal Villette Charleroi .

Private

His wife Natascha (born March 27, 1977) is also a table tennis player. She came from Moscow to ASV Otterswang (2nd Bundesliga) in 2002 and moved to SG Schorndorf (Oberliga) a year later. With her, Smirnov has twins.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
RUS	European Championship	2013	Schwechat	AUT				Semifinals
RUS	European Championship	2010	Ostrava	CZE	last 16
RUS	European Championship	2008	St. Petersburg	RUS	last 16
RUS	European Championship	2007	Belgrade	SRB		Semifinals	Semifinals
RUS	European Championship	2005	Aarhus	THE	Quarter finals	Semifinals	Semifinals
RUS	European Championship	2003	Courmayeur	ITA	Quarter finals	silver
EUN	European Youth Championship (Cadets)	1992	Topolcany	TCH				1
RUS	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1995	The hague	NED	gold	gold	gold
RUS	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1994	Paris	FRA		gold
RUS	EURO TOP12	2012	Villeurbanne	FRA	5th place
RUS	EURO TOP12	2011	Liege	BEL	3rd place
RUS	EURO TOP12	2008	Frankfurt	GER	3rd place
RUS	EURO TOP12	2007	Arezzo	ITA	3rd place
RUS	EURO TOP12	2006	Copenhagen	THE	9th place
RUS	EURO TOP12	2005	Rennes	FRA	1st place
RUS	EURO TOP12	2004	Frankfurt	GER	3rd place
RUS	EURO TOP12	2003	Saarbrücken	GER	5th place
RUS	Olympic games	2012	London	CLOSELY	last 32			9
RUS	Olympic games	2008	Beijing	CHN	last 32			13
RUS	Olympic games	2004	Athens	GRE	last 64	4th Place
RUS	Pro tour	2013	Berlin	GER	last 32
RUS	Pro tour	2013	Yokohama	JPN	last 32
RUS	Pro tour	2013	Changchun	CHN	Quarter finals	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2013	catfish	AUT	last 64
BEL	Pro tour	2012	Bremen	GER	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2012	Kobe	JPN	last 32
RUS	Pro tour	2012	Kuwait City	KUW	last 32
RUS	Pro tour	2012	Doha	QAT	last 64
RUS	Pro tour	2011	Schwechat	AUT	Quarter finals
RUS	Pro tour	2011	Dubai	UAE	last 64	Quarter finals
RUS	Pro tour	2011	Doha	QAT	last 32
RUS	Pro tour	2010	Warsaw	POLE	Quarter finals	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2010	catfish	AUT	last 64	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2010	Kobe	JPN	Quarter finals
RUS	Pro tour	2010	Kuwait City	KUW	last 32
RUS	Pro tour	2010	Doha	QAT	last 16	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2010	Velenje	SVN	last 16	gold
RUS	Pro tour	2009	Warsaw	POLE	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2009	Wakayama	JPN	last 16	Semifinals
RUS	Pro tour	2009	Bremen	GER	last 32	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2009	Doha	QAT	last 64	Quarter finals
RUS	Pro tour	2009	Kuwait City	KUW	last 32	Quarter finals
RUS	Pro tour	2009	Velenje	SVN	last 32	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2008	Warsaw	POLE	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2008	Berlin	GER	last 64
RUS	Pro tour	2008	Salzburg	AUT	last 32			3
RUS	Pro tour	2008	Singapore	SIN	last 32	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2008	Daejeon	COR	last 32
RUS	Pro tour	2008	Doha	QAT	last 64
RUS	Pro tour	2008	Kuwait City	KUW	last 32	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2008	Velenje	SVN	last 32	silver
RUS	Pro tour	2007	Stockholm	SWE	Quarter finals
RUS	Pro tour	2007	Bremen	GER	last 32	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2007	catfish	AUT	last 16	Quarter finals
RUS	Pro tour	2007	St. Petersburg	RUS	last 16	Quarter finals
RUS	Pro tour	2007	Chiba	JPN	last 32	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2007	Seongnam	COR	last 64	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2007	Santiago	CHI	last 32	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2007	Salwa Cup	KUW	last 32	Quarter finals
RUS	Pro tour	2007	Doha	QAT	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2007	Zagreb	HRV	Semifinals
RUS	Pro tour	2006	Warsaw	POLE	last 16	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2006	St. Petersburg	RUS	Quarter finals	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2006	Yokohama	JPN	last 64	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2006	Guangzhou	CHN	last 16	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2006	Kunshan	CHN	last 32	Quarter finals
RUS	Pro tour	2006	Taipei	TPE	last 16	Quarter finals
RUS	Pro tour	2006	Kuwait City	KUW	last 32	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2006	Doha	QAT	last 64	Quarter finals
RUS	Pro tour	2006	Zagreb	HRV	Quarter finals	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2005	Gothenburg	SWE	last 64	Quarter finals
RUS	Pro tour	2005	Magdeburg	GER	last 16	Semifinals
RUS	Pro tour	2005	St. Petersburg	RUS	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
RUS	Pro tour	2005	Yokohama	JPN	last 32	silver
RUS	Pro tour	2005	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 32	Semifinals
RUS	Pro tour	2005	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	Quarter finals	silver
RUS	Pro tour	2005	Doha	QAT	last 64	Semifinals
RUS	Pro tour	2005	Zagreb	HRV	last 64	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2004	St. Petersburg	RUS	last 32	Semifinals
RUS	Pro tour	2004	catfish	AUT	last 32
RUS	Pro tour	2004	Leipzig	GER	last 32
RUS	Pro tour	2004	Aarhus	THE	Quarter finals
RUS	Pro tour	2004	Warsaw	POLE	last 16	Semifinals
RUS	Pro tour	2004	Kobe	JPN	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2004	Changchun	CHN	last 16	Quarter finals
RUS	Pro tour	2004	Wuxi	CHN	Quarter finals	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2004	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	last 16	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2004	Singapore	SIN	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2004	Athens	GRE	last 64
RUS	Pro tour	2004	Croatia	HRV	last 64
RUS	Pro tour	2003	Malmo	SWE	last 16	Quarter finals
RUS	Pro tour	2003	Bremen	GER	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2003	Jeju-Si	COR	Quarter finals	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2003	Rio	BRA	Semifinals
RUS	Pro tour	2003	Doha	QAT	silver	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2003	Croatia	HRV	last 16	Quarter finals
RUS	Pro tour	2002	Farum	THE	last 32	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2002	Warsaw	POLE	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
RUS	Pro tour	2002	Eindhoven	NED	last 32	Semifinals
RUS	Pro tour	2002	Magdeburg	GER	Semifinals
RUS	Pro tour	2002	Kobe	JPN	last 64	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2002	Gangneung City	COR	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2002	São Paulo	BRA	Quarter finals	Semifinals
RUS	Pro tour	2002	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 32
RUS	Pro tour	2002	Cairo	EGY	last 32
RUS	Pro tour	2002	catfish	AUT	last 16	Quarter finals
RUS	Pro tour	2001	Farum	THE	Rd 1	Rd 1
RUS	Pro tour	2001	Rotterdam	NED	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2001	Bayreuth	GER	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2001	Zagreb	HRV	last 64	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	2001	Chatham	CLOSELY	last 32	Quarter finals
RUS	Pro tour	2000	Umeå	SWE	last 32	Rd 1
RUS	Pro tour	2000	Warsaw	POLE	Rd 1
RUS	Pro tour	2000	Toulouse	FRA	last 16
RUS	Pro tour	1999	Doha	QAT		Rd 1
RUS	Pro tour	1998	Zagreb	HRV	last 32	Rd 1
RUS	Pro tour	1997	Linz	AUT	last 64
RUS	Pro tour	1997	Gdańsk	POLE	last 32	Semifinals
RUS	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2010	Seoul	COR	last 16
RUS	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2003	Guangzhou	CHN	last 16
RUS	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2002	Stockholm	SWE	last 16
RUS	World Championship	2013	Paris	FRA	last 32	last 64
RUS	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				14th
RUS	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 32	last 32
RUS	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				6th
RUS	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				12
RUS	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 128	last 16	last 64
RUS	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				6th
RUS	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	last 32	last 16	last 64
RUS	World Championship	2004	Doha	QAT				11
RUS	World Championship	2003	Paris	FRA	last 64	last 16	last 64
RUS	World Championship	2001	Osaka	JPN	last 128	last 64	Scratched	25th
RUS	World Championship	2000	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				17-20
RUS	World Championship	1999	Eindhoven	NED	last 64	last 32	last 64
RUS	World Championship	1997	Manchester	CLOSELY	last 128	last 64	last 128	9
RUS	World Championship	1995	Tianjin	CHN	last 64	last 64	no participants	19th
RUS	World cup	2011	Paris	FRA	13-16. space
RUS	World cup	2011	Magdeburg	GER				5th place
RUS	World cup	2010	Magdeburg	GER	13-16. space
RUS	World cup	2009	Moscow	RUS	13-16. space
RUS	World cup	2003	Jiangyin	CHN	5-8. space
RUS	WTC World Team Cup	2007	Magdeburg	GER				7th

swell

• René Adler: The end of the dry spell , table tennis magazine , 2005/2 page 15

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Youth European Championships (accessed on January 7, 2016)
2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1997/8 page 20 + 1998/6 page 8 + 2000/5 page 38 + 2001/8 page 18 + 2004/8 page 34
3. ↑ DTS magazine , 2002/6 page 18 + 2002/8 page 44
4. ↑ Alexei Grigoryevich Smirnow Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on June 23, 2014)

Web links

• Alexei Grigoryevich Smirnov biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed on June 23, 2014)
• Alexei Grigoryevich Smirnov in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) (accessed on June 23, 2014)