Niagol Stoyanov

Niagol Stoyanov
Nation:	Italy
Date of birth:	May 31, 1987
Place of birth:	Sofia
Size:	181 cm
Weight:	77 kg
Playing hand:	right
How to play:	Shakehand , attack
Current world rankings :	74
Best world ranking :	74 (Jan 2019)

Niagol Stoyanov (born May 31, 1987 in Sofia ) is an Italian table tennis player of Bulgarian origin. Since the 2016/2017 season he has been playing for the French first division club AS Pontoise-Cergy TT . He is right-handed and uses the shakehand racket pose .

Career

Stoyanov was eligible to play for Bulgaria until 2005. In 2007 the first international assignments for Italy followed. He was able to reach the quarter-finals in singles at the European Championships in 2007 , making him the first Italian table tennis player to do so.

At the Belgium Open, where Stoyanov started with injuries, he reached the semi-finals in singles and doubles. For the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , he could not qualify. At the 2009 World Cup , he reached the first main round with the team, where they lost to China . In 2009 he won the Italian championship, beating Mihai Bobocica in the final.

Due to injuries, he was only able to take part in the EM again in 2011 . Here he met Patrick Baum in the second round , to whom he lost 4-2. With the team he won the Play Off Italian League, where he was used in 13 games. Further appearances followed in 2013, including at the Belarus Open, where he met the top 100 player Kohei Sambe in the quarter-finals , the game was lost 3: 4. In 2014 he was more active on the World Tour, with successes against Alexandre Cassin, whom he eliminated at the Spanish Open. He was able to win the national championships again in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
ITA	European Championship	2018	Alicante	ESP	last 64	Agony	last 16
ITA	European Championship	2016	Budapest	HUN	Agony		last 16
ITA	European Championship	2015	Ekaterinburg	RUS		last 16		19th place
ITA	European Championship	2014	Lisbon	POR				9-16 space
ITA	European Championship	2013	Schwechat	AUT	Agony	last 16		13th place
ITA	European Championship	2012	Herning	THE	Agony
ITA	European Championship	2011	Danzig	POLE	last 64			19th place
ITA	European Championship	2010	Ostrava	CZE	last 128
ITA	European Games	2015	Baku	AZE	last 32
ITA	World Championship	2019	Budapest	HUN	last 128	last 32	last 64
ITA	World Championship	2018	Halmstad	SWE				29.- 32. space
ITA	World Championship	2017	Dusseldorf	GER	last 128	last 32	last 64
ITA	World Championship	2016	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				17th to 20th space
ITA	World Championship	2015	Suzhou	CHN	last 128	last 64
ITA	World Championship	2014	Tokyo	JPN				26th place
ITA	World Championship	2013	Paris	FRA	last 128	last 64
ITA	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				31st place
ITA	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 64	last 32	last 128
ITA	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				24th place
ITA	World Tour	2018	Sofia	BUL	last 64
ITA	World Tour	2018	Hong Kong	HKG	Agony
ITA	World Tour	2014	De Haan	BEL	Semifinals

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Niagol Stoyanov. Retrieved January 11, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Stoyanov N. live score, schedule and results - table tennis - SofaScore. Retrieved January 11, 2019 .