Igor Solopov
Igor Solopov ( Russian Игорь Солопов , Igor Solopow ; born April 17, 1961 in Magnitogorsk , USSR ; † June 12, 2019 ) was a Russian and Estonian table tennis player . He took part in world championships seven times .
youth
Solopov started playing table tennis at the age of 11. He started as an attacking player, after a year he switched to defense. He won team gold three times at the European Youth Championships: in 1976 and 1978 with Estonia and in 1977 with the USSR. In 1978 he was also vice European champion in singles. Although he was originally an attacking player, he stood out in the defensive game mainly because of his enormous security - less because of his counter-strength.
Adults
From 1977 to 1985 he represented the USSR five times at world championships . In 1978 he won bronze with the team at the European Championships . In 1980 and 1981 he won the USSR national championship in singles.
1979 Solopov moved to the Estonian capital Tallinn . When he fell out with the table tennis officials of the USSR in 1985, he did not appear at international events for several years. In 1992 he made a comeback. As a result, he only competed internationally for Estonia. He qualified to participate in the 1992 Olympic Games and represented Estonia at the 1993 and 1995 World Championships and the 1994 European Championships.
In the early 1990s he stayed in Sweden regularly as a sparring partner for the Swedish national team.
Private
Solopov was married and had two daughters.
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EST | European Championship | 1994 | Birmingham | CLOSELY | last 16 | |||
| EST | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 1978 | Barcelona | ESP | silver | 1 | ||
| URS | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 1977 | Vichy | FRA | 1 | |||
| EST | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 1976 | Modling | AUT | 1 | |||
| EST | Olympic games | 1992 | Barcelona | ESP | immediately excluded | no participants | ||
| EST | World Championship | 1995 | Tianjin | CHN | last 128 | last 64 | Scratched | 36 |
| EST | World Championship | 1993 | Gothenburg | SWE | Agony | last 64 | last 128 | 30th |
| URS | World Championship | 1985 | Gothenburg | SWE | last 64 | no participants | last 32 | 19th |
| URS | World Championship | 1983 | Tokyo | JPN | last 128 | last 64 | last 16 | 16 |
| URS | World Championship | 1981 | Novi Sad | YUG | last 128 | Scratched | last 16 | 14th |
| URS | World Championship | 1979 | Pyongyang | PRK | last 64 | last 16 | last 64 | 7th |
| URS | World Championship | 1977 | Birmingham | CLOSELY | last 64 | Agony | no participants | 7th |
literature
- Hasse Kroon: Notable comeback in Bolzano , DTS magazine , 1992/4 page 17
Individual evidence
- ↑ Igor Solopov in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- ↑ Igor Solopov Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 15, 2011)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Solopov, Igor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Солопов, Игорь (Russian); Solopow, Igor (Russian, transcribed) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian and Estonian table tennis players |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magnitogorsk |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 12, 2019 |