João Monteiro

João Monteiro
Nation:	Portugal
Date of birth:	August 29, 1983
Place of birth:	Guarda
Playing hand:	Left
How to play:	Shakehand
Current world rankings :	71
Best world ranking :	29 (March, July, Aug. 2015)

João Monteiro (* 29. August 1983 in Guarda ) is a Portuguese table tennis - national team . He was European champion in 2014 as a team, in 2015 in doubles with Stefan Fegerl and in 2016 in mixed with his wife Daniela Dodean . In 2019 he won bronze medal in doubles with Tiago Apolónia .

Career

In 2000 Monteiro took part in a world championship for the first time and came with the team in 59th place. At the 2001 World Cup , he also played in the individual competitions, from 2002 on the Pro Tour . The first medal placement he reached there in 2005 at the Chile Open, when he reached the semi-finals in doubles with the South Korean Cho Eon-rae . He won the Brazilian Open 2006 together with Tiago Apolónia , and in the singles he reached the semi-finals at the Chile Open 2006. In 2007 he became the first Portuguese to make it into the top 100 of the world rankings , from which he has only been dropped for one month in November 2007. The following year, Monteiro qualified for participation in the Olympic Games , but was eliminated there in the first round against the Nigerian Segun Toriola . After continuous improvements, the Portuguese team reached 27th place at the 2008 World Cup and was therefore able to start in the Championship Division from the following World Team Championship.

In doubles with Tiago Apolónia, Monteiro was able to qualify for the Pro Tour Grand Finals in 2011, where they were eliminated in the quarterfinals. In 2012 he again took part in the Olympic Games , but against William Henzell he lost his first game again in the individual while he reached the quarter-finals with the team. At the 2012 World Cup , the Portuguese team made it into the main round and finished in 11th place.

Monteiro celebrated several international successes from 2013 onwards. This year he won the European Championship bronze with Apolónia in doubles, in 2014 he won the European Championship with the Portuguese team with a 3-1 final victory over the favorites and defending champions Germany . In 2015 he reached his best position in the world rankings with 29th place, made it to the last 32 in the single world championship as well as in the doubles round, won the European Games with the team and won gold in doubles with the Austrian Stefan Fegerl at the European championship . In 2016 he was able to take part in the Europe Top-16 for the first time . There he beat Dimitrij Ovtcharov in the group stage , but then lost the final against him. This second place enabled Monteiro his first World Cup participation , where he reached the round of 16. At the 2016 World Team Championship , Portugal reached the quarter-finals for the second time in a row. In October, Monteiro also won mixed gold at the European Championships with his wife Daniela Dodean - the third European Championship gold and the fourth European Championship medal in a row. At the 2017 European Team , he won silver with Portugal.

societies

João Monteiro was the Portuguese champion in singles five times in a row, his club Deportivo Sau Roque was one of the best teams in Portugal. In 2006 he moved to Germany to the Bundesliga club TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen , where he stayed for three years. Then he went to Italy to Sterilgarda TT Castelgoffredo. From the 2011/12 season he played table tennis at 1. FC Saarbrücken , and in 2013 he was signed by the Russian club UMMC Verkhnaya Pyshma . Since the 2015/16 season he played for Chartres ASTT . For the 2017/18 season he moved to Portugal to Sporting Lisbon .

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
POR	European Championship	2019	Nantes	FRA				silver
POR	European Championship	2017	Luxembourg	LUX				silver
POR	European Championship	2016	Budapest	HUN	last 16	Quarter finals	gold
POR	European Championship	2015	Ekaterinburg	RUS	last 32	gold		6th
POR	European Championship	2014	Lisbon	POR				gold
POR	European Championship	2013	Schwechat	AUT	last 64	Semifinals		7th
POR	European Championship	2012	Herning	THE	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
POR	European Championship	2011	Danzig	POLE	last 32			Semifinals
POR	European Championship	2010	Ostrava	CZE	last 32	last 16		11
POR	European Championship	2009	Stuttgart	GER	last 16	last 16		17th
POR	European Championship	2008	St. Petersburg	RUS	Quarter finals	last 64		15th
POR	Europe Top-16	2017	Antibes	FRA	13-16 space
POR	Europe Top-16	2016	Gondomar	POR	silver
POR	ITTF Pro Tour	2011	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	Quarter finals	silver
POR	ITTF Pro Tour	2011	Dortmund	GER		Semifinals
POR	ITTF Pro Tour	2010	Warsaw	POLE	last 64	Semifinals
POR	ITTF Pro Tour	2009	Wakayama	JPN	last 32	Semifinals
POR	ITTF Pro Tour	2008	Warsaw	POLE	last 32	Semifinals
POR	ITTF Pro Tour	2008	Velenje	SVN	Semifinals
POR	ITTF Pro Tour	2007	Santiago	CHI	last 16	Semifinals
POR	ITTF Pro Tour	2006	Santiago	CHI	Semifinals	Quarter finals
POR	ITTF Pro Tour	2006	Sao Paulo	BRA	last 16	gold
POR	ITTF Pro Tour	2005	Santiago	CHI	last 16	Semifinals
POR	ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals	2015	Lisbon	POR		silver
POR	ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals	2011	London	CLOSELY		Quarter finals
POR	Olympic games	2016	Rio de Janeiro	POR				last 16
POR	Olympic games	2012	London	CLOSELY	last 64			Quarter finals
POR	Olympic games	2008	Beijing	CHN	last 128
POR	World Championship	2019	Budapest	HUN	last 64	Semifinals
POR	World Championship	2018	Halmstad	SWE				9-12 space
POR	World Championship	2017	Dusseldorf	GER	last 64	last 64
POR	World Championship	2016	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				Quarter finals
POR	World Championship	2015	Suzhou	CHN	last 32	last 16
POR	World Championship	2014	Tokyo	JPN				Quarter finals
POR	World Championship	2013	Paris	FRA	last 64	last 16
POR	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				11
POR	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 128	last 32
POR	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				14th
POR	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	last 64	last 32
POR	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				27
POR	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	CRO	last 128	Agony	last 128
POR	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				31
POR	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	last 128	Agony	last 128
POR	World Championship	2004	Doha	QAT				34
POR	World Championship	2003	Paris	FRA	last 128	last 64	Agony
POR	World Championship	2001	Osaka	JPN	Agony	last 64	dnp	49
POR	World Championship	2000	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				59
POR	World cup	2016	Saarbrücken	GER	last 16

Private

In July 2013 he married the Romanian table tennis player Daniela Dodean , with whom he has had a daughter since 2015.

Web links

• João Monteiro Article about João Monteiro on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (English)
• João Monteiro in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) (accessed October 29, 2016)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ results.ittf.link . (accessed July 1, 2018).
2. ↑ TTF commit Portuguese Joao Monteiro ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. News from March 16, 2006 (accessed October 28, 2016)  
3. ↑ Butterfly News 2009/3 pages 10–11
4. ↑ Hammer game against the cup winners at the start of the season ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. News from August 22, 2012 (accessed October 28, 2016) 
5. ↑ News from May 5, 2013 (accessed October 28, 2016)
6. ↑ Table Tennis Champions League 2015/16: Difficult but feasible group news from July 13, 2015 (accessed on October 29, 2016)
7. ↑ João Monteiro results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed October 28, 2016)
8. ^ Marriage - magazine tischtennis , 2013/8 page 7
9. ^ Daughter - magazine tischtennis , 2015/6 page 7