Elia Schmid
Elia Schmid 
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| Date of birth: | May 22, 1996 |
| Playing hand: | right |
| How to play: | Shakehand , attack |
| Best world ranking : | 228 (Apr. 2016) |
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Elia Schmid (born May 22, 1996 ) is a Swiss table tennis player .
Life
Elia Schmid was born in 1996 and grew up in Meiringen . Through the table tennis clubs Interlaken, Spiez, Brügg, Belp, Bulle, Rio-Star Muttenz and Kloten, he is now playing at TTC Wil in the National League A. At a young age, he was noticed by victories against much older players. Thanks to his talent, he quickly rose to become a top Swiss player and is currently number 11 in Switzerland (November 2018).
In March 2014, he won the Swiss Elite Championship against his then teammate Lionel Weber in 4-2 sets . Another success is the qualification for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing . At the qualifying tournament in Cairo , he clearly defeated Belgian tournament favorites Martin Allegro 4-1 in the final. Although this is 22 places higher in the U18 world rankings. In December 2016 he resigned from the STT squad, surprisingly even for Insider. In April 2016 he was number 228 in the world rankings. In Neuchâtel in March 2018, he won his second title in the Swiss Elite Championship against Lars Posch 4-2.
In Switzerland there is a double license system, i. H. a player can be active in two countries at the same time. This enables Elia Schmid to serve in the 2019/20 season in Sweden for third division club Norbergs BTK in addition to the Swiss NLA league.
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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| SUI | World Championship | 2016 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 41-44 | |||
| SUI | European Championship | 2016 | Budapest | HUN | last 64 | Agony | last 64 | |
| SUI | World Championship | 2015 | Suzhou | CHN | Agony | Agony | last 128 |
successes
- 2018 Swiss champions elite in individual
- 2016 Swiss Champion Mixed with Rahel Aschwanden
- 2014 Swiss elite champion in individual
- 2014 participant in the Youth Olympiad
- 2010 Swiss champion in individual U15
- 2010 Swiss top 8 winners in the U15 singles
- 2009 Swiss top 8 winners in the U13 singles
- 2008 Swiss champion in individual U13
- 2008 Swiss top 8 winners in the U13 singles
- 2007 Swiss top 8 winners in the U13 singles
Individual evidence
- ↑ Career (accessed February 13, 2016)
- ↑ Swiss champions 2014
- ↑ Qualification Youth Olympiad
- ↑ Resignation
- ↑ Interview Elia Schmid (accessed on April 18, 2020)
- ↑ Statistics
Web links
- Portrait on sporthilfe.ch (accessed on February 13, 2016)
- Statistics in Switzerland, Europe and the world
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| SURNAME | Schmid, Elia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1996 |