Carlos Machado (table tennis player)

Carlos Machado
Nation:	Spain
Date of birth:	June 18, 1980
Size:	174 cm
Weight:	70 kg
Playing hand:	right
How to play:	Shakehand
Best world ranking :	57 (12/01/2010)

Carlos Machado (born June 18, 1980 in Priego de Córdoba ) is a Spanish table tennis player .

Career

The Spaniard appeared for the first time in 1995, when he reached the second round at the European Youth Championships. Further appearances did not follow until 1999, as the Spanish federation did not allow him to participate in other tournaments. So he took part in the World Championships in Eindhoven , where he failed prematurely in singles and doubles. However, he was able to reach the third round in mixed. In 2000 he took part in the European Championship for men, where Machado reached the round of 16 in doubles with He Zhiwen . He also played in the World Cup , with the team he came in 21st.

In 2001 he fell back twenty places in the world rankings because he was little active. However, he was able to reach the second round in doubles at the World Cup with He Zhiwen. He also took part in singles and mixed, but had to admit defeat in the first rounds. Until 2005 he could not take part in any European championships because he was disqualified on suspicion of doping. From 2005 he took part in international tournaments more often and was able to reach the round of 16 with He Zhiwen at both the World Cup and the European Championship . In the singles he had to give up early again.

In 2006 he reached the worst position with the Spanish team at a World Cup, namely the elimination in a group with the last (fourth) place. In 2007 he reached the round of 16 at a European Championship, as in 2005 and 2000 with He Zhiwen, the Spaniard had to say goodbye in the individual already in the second round. In qualifying for the Olympic Games, he narrowly missed the ticket for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and was therefore not allowed to participate.

In 2008 Machado was in the last 64 singles at the European Championships, at the World Cup and at the China and Spanish Open, he lost early. In 2009 he achieved his best result at the European Championships, namely reaching the third round in the individual.

In 2010, further participation in tournaments followed, namely the European Championship, the World Cup and the Spanish Open, where Machado was eliminated early in the second round. In 2011 he was able to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London by winning the Bulgarian Open and the qualifying tournament, where he played from the first round and failed in the second.

In 2013 he won the bronze medal at the European Championships together with He Zhiwen, his best position in doubles at a European Championship.

In 2014 he reached the quarter-finals at the World Cup with the team, the best placement of a Spanish team since 1959. In 2015 he had one of the last appearances, but he won gold in doubles with He Zhiwen at the Spanish Open, at least he reached the European Games the round of 16.

From 2017 he ended his career.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
ESP	Olympic games	2012	London	CLOSELY	last 64
ESP	European Games	2015	Baku	ASE	last 48
ESP	World Championship	1999	Eindhoven	NED	Agony		last 64
ESP	World Championship	2000	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				21st
ESP	World Championship	2001	Osaka	JPN	last 128	last 32	last 128	24.
ESP	World Championship	2003	Paris	FRA	last 128	last 64	Agony
ESP	World Championship	2004	Doha	QAT				18th
ESP	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	last 128	last 32	last 128
ESP	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				26th
ESP	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				15th
ESP	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	last 128	last 32	last 32
ESP	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				15th
ESP	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 64	last 32	last 32
ESP	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				21st
ESP	World Championship	2013	Paris	FRA	last 128	last 32	last 64
ESP	World Championship	2015	Suzhou	CHN	last 128	last 32	last 32
ESP	World Championship	2016	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				29
ESP	World Championship	2017	Dusseldorf	GER	last 128	last 64
ESP	World Championship	2018	Halmstad	SWE				33.
ESP	World Championship	2019	Budapest	HUN	Agony	Agony
ESP	World Tour	2015	Almeria	ESP		gold
ESP	European youth championship	1995	The hague	NED	last 128
ESP	European Championship	2000	Bremen	GER	Agony	last 16	Agony	21st
ESP	European Championship	2002	Zagreb	CRO	last 64	last 64	last 32	17th
ESP	European Championship	2003	Courmayeur	FRA	last 128	last 32	last 128	19th
ESP	European Championship	2005	Aarhus	THE	last 128	last 16	last 64	14th
ESP	European Championship	2007	Belgrade	SRB	last 32	last 16	last 64
ESP	European Championship	2008	St. Petersburg	RUS	last 64	last 16		19th
ESP	European Championship	2009	Stuttgart	GER	last 32	last 64		14th
ESP	European Championship	2010	Ostrava	CZE				14th
ESP	European Championship	2011	Danzig	POLE	last 64	last 16
ESP	European Championship	2012	Herning	THE	last 32	Agony
ESP	European Championship	2013	Schwechat	AUT	last 32	bronze		10.
ESP	European Championship	2014	Lisbon	POR				8th.
ESP	European Championship	2015	Yeketarinburg	RUS	Agony	last 16		14th
ESP	European Championship	2016	Budapest	HUN	last 64	last 32
ESP	European Championship	2017	Luxembourg	LUX				9.
ESP	European Championship	2019	Nantes	FRA				9.

material

Overview of the material by Carlos Machado:

Wood	forehand	Backhand
Butterfly Special Made	Butterfly Tenergy 64	Butterfly Tenergy 64

Individual evidence

1. ↑ tabletennis.guide: Table tennis: video, photos, rankings, analytics. Retrieved October 19, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Machado, Carlos. Retrieved February 5, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Rackets and Rubbers search which Table Tennis Spain Players are using. - Tabletennis Reference. Retrieved October 19, 2018 . 

Web links

• Carlos Machado in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) (accessed October 20, 2018)