Medardas Stankevičius
Medardas Stankevičius (born February 23, 2000 ) is a Lithuanian table tennis player . He has participated in three European championships and four world championships so far (2020) . The Lithuanian is right-handed and uses the European shakehand stick position as a handle .
Medardas Stankevičius 
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 Lithuania
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| Date of birth: | February 23, 2000 |
| Playing hand: | right |
| How to play: | Shakehand , attack |
| Current world rankings : | 284 |
| Best world ranking : | 280 (December 2019) |
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Career
The Lithuanian started playing table tennis at the age of six. He set foot on international soil at the age of 10 when he took part in the Swedish Junior & Cadet Open. Due to his good performance, he was nominated for the 2015 World Cup , but was eliminated early in all three competitions. He had other appearances in 2017, including at the European Championships , where he came in 24th with the team. At the Polish Open he reached the round of 32 with Andrei Putuntica.In 2018 he was seen less often, but represented his country at the European Games in 2019 .
From 2017 to 2020 he played for TV Leiselheim and helped its men's team to rise to the 2nd Bundesliga in the 2018/19 season .
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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| LTU | European Games | 2019 | Minsk | BLR | last 64 | |||
| LTU | European Championship | 2019 | Nantes | FRA | 26th | |||
| LTU | European Championship | 2018 | Alicante | ESP | Agony | last 64 | ||
| LTU | European Championship | 2017 | Luxembourg | LUX | 24 | |||
| LTU | Challenge Series | 2019 | Zagreb | HRV | Agony | last 32 | ||
| LTU | Challenge Series | 2017 | Czestochowa | POLE | Agony | last 32 | ||
| LTU | World Tour | 2019 | Panagyurishte | BUL | last 128 | |||
| LTU | World Tour | 2017 | Budapest | HUN | Agony | |||
| LTU | World Championship | 2019 | Budapest | HUN | Agony | last 128 | ||
| LTU | World Championship | 2017 | Dusseldorf | GER | Agony | last 128 | ||
| LTU | World Championship | 2016 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 49 | |||
| LTU | World Championship | 2015 | Suzhou | CHN | Agony | last 128 | last 128 |
Web links
- Medardas Stankevičius on the website of the World Table Tennis Association (ittf.com) (accessed on August 12, 2020)
Individual evidence
- ^ Table tennis - Medardas Stankevicius (Lithuania). Retrieved August 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Samba at TV Leiselheim , press report from March 2020 (accessed on August 12, 2020)
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| SURNAME | Stankevicius, Medardas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 2000 |