Tiago Apolonia
Tiago Apolonia 
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| ITTF World Tour 2017 in Magdeburg | |
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| Date of birth: | July 28, 1986 |
| Place of birth: | Lisbon |
| Playing hand: | Right handed |
| How to play: | Shakehand |
| Current world rankings : | 40 |
| Best world ranking : | 13 (November 2014) |
| Best continental ranking: | 9 (Feb 2016) |
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| Last update of the infobox: March 11, 2016 | |
Tiago André Barata Feio Peixoto Apolónia (born July 28, 1986 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese table tennis player . With the Portuguese national team he was European champion in 2014 , in doubles with João Monteiro he won bronze at the 2019 World Cup .
Career
Apolónia began at the age of six with the club CF Estrela Amadora with the table tennis, with whose men's team he was twice Portuguese champion. In 1996 he won his first international title at the Iberian Schoolchildren's Championships. He came to TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen via 1. FC Saarbrücken and TTC indeland Jülich . With the club he was German runner-up in 2008/09 and 2009/10, and in 2008/09 he reached 2nd place in the Champions League .
In 2008 he took part in the individual competition at the Olympic Summer Games in Beijing and was eliminated in the first round. In the same year he and Marcos Freitas won the bronze medal in the double competition at the European Championships in St. Petersburg. At the European Championships 2011 in Gdansk he won the bronze medal with the Portuguese team, at the EM 2013 bronze in doubles with João Monteiro and in 2014 with a surprising final victory over Germany gold with the team. In 2015 he reached the semi-finals at the EM.
In 2013 he moved to 1. FC Saarbrücken , where he extended his contract for another two years in 2016. In 2014 he won the ETTU Cup with Saarbrücken.
Private
Tiago Apolónia has been married to the German table tennis player Zhenqi Barthel since July 2016 , the couple has a son (* 2017). Tiagos older brother Loao played at times in the top table tennis league in Portugal.
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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| POR | European Games | 2015 | Baku | AZE | Quarter finals | gold | ||
| POR | European Championship | 2019 | Nantes | FRA | silver | |||
| POR | European Championship | 2018 | Alicante | ESP | last 16 | last 32 | ||
| POR | European Championship | 2017 | Luxembourg | LUX | silver | |||
| POR | European Championship | 2016 | Budapest | HUN | last 64 | Semifinals | ||
| POR | European Championship | 2015 | Ekaterinburg | POR | Semifinals | 6th | ||
| POR | European Championship | 2014 | Lisbon | POR | gold | |||
| POR | European Championship | 2013 | Schwechat | AUT | Quarter finals | Semifinals | 7th | |
| POR | European Championship | 2012 | Herning | THE | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| POR | European Championship | 2011 | Danzig | POLE | Semifinals | |||
| POR | European Championship | 2010 | Ostrava | CZE | last 16 | |||
| POR | European Championship | 2009 | Stuttgart | GER | last 16 | |||
| POR | European Championship | 2008 | St. Petersburg | RUS | Semifinals | |||
| POR | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 2004 | Budapest | HUN | gold | |||
| POR | European Youth Championship (Cadets) | 2000 | Bratislava | SVK | silver | |||
| POR | EURO TOP16 | 2019 | Montreux | SUI | last 16 | |||
| POR | EURO TOP16 | 2018 | Montreux | SUI | last 16 | |||
| POR | EURO TOP16 | 2017 | Antibes | FRA | 7th place | |||
| POR | EURO TOP16 | 2016 | Gondomar | POR | 7th place | |||
| POR | EURO TOP16 | 2015 | Baku | AZE | 5th place | |||
| POR | EURO TOP12 | 2014 | Lausanne | SUI | 8th place | |||
| POR | EURO TOP12 | 2011 | Liege | BEL | 9th place | |||
| POR | Olympic games | 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| POR | Olympic games | 2012 | London | CLOSELY | no participants | Quarter finals | ||
| POR | Olympic games | 2008 | Beijing | CHN | last 128 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2013 | Berlin | GER | last 16 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2013 | Spala | POLE | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2013 | Changchun | CHN | last 32 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2013 | Doha | QAT | last 64 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2013 | catfish | AUT | last 32 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2012 | Bremen | GER | last 16 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2012 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2012 | Velenje | SLO | last 64 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2011 | Schwechat | AUT | last 64 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2011 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | Semifinals | silver | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2011 | Dortmund | GER | last 64 | Semifinals | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2011 | Doha | QAT | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2010 | Warsaw | POLE | last 64 | Semifinals | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2010 | catfish | AUT | gold | Quarter finals | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2010 | Berlin | GER | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2010 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2010 | Velenje | SVN | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2009 | Warsaw | POLE | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2009 | Sheffield | CLOSELY | last 16 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2009 | Bremen | GER | last 64 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2009 | Frederikshavn | THE | last 64 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2009 | Frederikshavn | THE | last 16 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2009 | Velenje | SVN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2008 | Warsaw | POLE | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2008 | Berlin | GER | last 64 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2008 | Salzburg | AUT | last 32 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2008 | Singapore | SIN | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2008 | Santiago | CHI | last 32 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2008 | Belo Horizonte | BRA | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2008 | Velenje | SVN | last 32 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2007 | Stockholm | SWE | last 64 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2007 | Toulouse | FRA | last 64 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2007 | Santiago | CHI | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2007 | Belo Horizonte | BRA | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2007 | Belo Horizonte | BRA | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2007 | Salwa Cup | KUW | last 64 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2006 | Warsaw | POLE | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2006 | Belgrade | SRB | last 32 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2006 | Santiago | CHI | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2006 | São Paulo | BRA | last 32 | gold | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2006 | Velenje | SVN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2005 | Santiago | CHI | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2005 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| POR | Pro tour | 2005 | Velenje | SLO | last 64 | |||
| POR | Pro tour | 2004 | catfish | AUT | last 64 | |||
| POR | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2011 | London | CLOSELY | Quarter finals | |||
| POR | World cup | 2016 | Saarbrücken | GER | last 16 | |||
| POR | World cup | 2015 | Halmstad | SWE | 17th to 20th space | |||
| POR | World cup | 2014 | Dusseldorf | GER | Quarter finals | |||
| POR | World Championship | 2019 | Budapest | HUN | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| POR | World Championship | 2018 | Halmstad | SWE | 9-12 space | |||
| POR | World Championship | 2017 | Dusseldorf | GER | last 128 | |||
| POR | World Championship | 2016 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | Quarter finals | |||
| POR | World Championship | 2015 | Suzhou | CHN | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| POR | World Championship | 2014 | Tokyo | JPN | Quarter finals | |||
| POR | World Championship | 2013 | Paris | FRA | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| POR | World Championship | 2011 | Rotterdam | NED | last 128 | last 32 | ||
| POR | World Championship | 2010 | Moscow | RUS | 14th | |||
| POR | World Championship | 2009 | Yokohama | JPN | last 32 | last 32 | ||
| POR | World Championship | 2008 | Guangzhou | CHN | 27 | |||
| POR | World Championship | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | last 128 | last 64 | 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 | Agony | last 64 | Agony | |
| POR | Youth World Championship | 2004 | Kobe | JPN | Quarter finals | |||
| POR | Youth World Championship | 2003 | Santiago | CHI | last 16 | silver | ||
| POR | World Junior Circuit | 2004 | São Paulo | BRA | Semifinals | |||
| POR | World Junior Circuit | 2004 | Vancouver | CAN | Quarter finals | |||
| POR | World Junior Circuit | 2004 | Örebro | SWE | Quarter finals | |||
| POR | World Junior Circuit | 2003 | São Paulo | BRA | gold | |||
| POR | World Junior Circuit | 2002 | Platja d'Aro | ESP | Quarter finals | |||
| POR | World Junior Circuit Finals | 2003 | Genting | MAS | silver |
Web links
- Official website (Portuguese) (accessed June 24, 2014)
- Biography of Tiago Apolónia on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed June 24, 2014)
- Tiago Apolónia in the Sports-Reference database (archived from the original ) (accessed June 24, 2014)
Individual evidence
- ↑ results.ittf.link . (accessed July 1, 2018).
- ↑ mytischtennis.de: Filus extended in Fulda, Apolonia in Saarbrücken (accessed on January 15, 2016)
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2013/8 page 13
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2016/7 page 7
- ↑ Double father joys in the TTBL , report from December 12, 2017 (accessed on December 13, 2017)
- ↑ Tiago Apolónia Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed June 24, 2014)
literature
- Susanne Heuing: Portrait: The sensitive RONALDO , tischtennis magazine , 2015/12 pages 10–15
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Apolonia, Tiago |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Apolónia, Tiago André Barata Feio Peixoto (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lisbon |