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{{Infobox table tennis player
{{Infobox table tennis player
| name = Ovidiu Ionescu
| name = Ovidiu Ionescu
| image= 20220815 European Championships Munich 2022 Ovidiu Ionescu 850 5404.jpg
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| caption = Ionescu in 2022
| full_name= Ovidiu George Ionescu
| nationality = Romanian
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|6|28|df=y}}
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| playingstyle = [[Table tennis styles|Shakehand grip]]
| birth_place = [[Buzău]], Romania<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/135664|title=Ovidiu Ionescu|website=olympedia.org|access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
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| playingstyle = Right-handed [[Table tennis styles|shakehand grip]]
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| hrank = 39 (March 2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ranking.ittf.com/#/rankings/progress/103903/SEN/M;SINGLES|title=Ranking progression|website=ittf.com|access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
| hrank = 46 (October 2018)
| crank = 112 (27 June 2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/rankings/|title=ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking|website=ittf.com|access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
| crank = 46 (October 2018)
| club = Post SV Mühlhausen & SCM Gloria Buzău
| club = Post SV Mühlhausen & SCM Gloria Buzău
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| height = 1.83 m<ref name="ttbl"/>
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|6|28|df=y}}
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| weight = 72 kg<ref name="ttbl"/>
| birth_place = [[Buzău]], Romania
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| height = 1.83 m
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| weight = 72 kg
| show-medals = yes
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[table tennis]] }}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[World Table Tennis Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Table Tennis Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2019 World Table Tennis Championships|2019 Budapest]]|[[2019 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles|Doubles]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2019 World Table Tennis Championships|2019 Budapest]]|[[2019 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's doubles|Doubles]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Games]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2019 European Games|2019 Minsk]]|[[Table tennis at the 2019 European Games – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2019 European Games|2019 Minsk]]|[[Table tennis at the 2019 European Games – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2023 European Games|2023 Kraków–Małopolska]]|[[Table tennis at the 2023 European Games – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Table Tennis European Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[European Table Tennis Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2018 European Table Tennis Championships|2018 Alicante]]|Singles}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2018 European Table Tennis Championships|2018 Alicante]]|Singles}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2016 European Table Tennis Championships|2016 Budapest]]|[[2016 European Table Tennis Championships - Mixed Doubles|Mixed Doubles]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[2022 European Table Tennis Championships|2022 Munich]] |[[2022 European Table Tennis Championships – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2012 Buzău|Mixed Doubles}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2012 European Table Tennis Championships|2012 Buzău]]|Mixed Doubles}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2016 European Table Tennis Championships|2016 Budapest]]|[[2016 European Table Tennis Championships – Mixed doubles|Mixed Doubles]]}}
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'''Ovidiu Ionescu''' (born 28 June 1989)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.ittf.link/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=details&formid=99&Itemid=266&rowid=103903&resetfilters=1|title=Player profile|publisher=[[International Table Tennis Federation]]|accessdate=23 September 2018}}</ref> is a Romanian professional [[table tennis]] player who plays with Post SV Mühlhausen and SCM Gloria Buzău.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ttbl.de/ttbl-spielerportrait/ovidiu-ionescu|title=Ovidiu Ionescu|publisher=ttbl.de|accessdate=23 September 2018|language=German}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scurtpe2.ro/?p=4746|title=De la 1 ianuarie, Ovidiu Ionescu este jucătorul clubului SCM Gloria Buzău|publisher=Scurt pe 2|date=13 January 2018|language=Romanian}}</ref>
'''Ovidiu George Ionescu''' (born 28 June 1989) is a Romanian professional [[table tennis]] player who plays with Post SV Mühlhausen and SCM Gloria Buzău.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.european-games.org/EG2023/ENG/bios/1004412|title=IONESCU Ovidiu George|website=european-games.org|access-date=28 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="ttbl">{{cite web|url=https://ttbl.de/ttbl-spielerportrait/ovidiu-ionescu|title=Ovidiu Ionescu|publisher=ttbl.de|access-date=23 September 2018|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scurtpe2.ro/?p=4746|title=De la 1 ianuarie, Ovidiu Ionescu este jucătorul clubului SCM Gloria Buzău|publisher=Scurt pe 2|date=13 January 2018|language=ro}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Ionescu competed at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in the [[Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|singles event]], in which he was eliminated in the third round by [[Marcos Freitas]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ovidiu Ionescu |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/ovidiu-ionescu |website=Rio 2016 |accessdate=28 August 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828155022/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/ovidiu-ionescu |archivedate=28 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Men's Singles – Standings |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/table-tennis-standings-tt-mens-singles |website=Rio 2016 |accessdate=28 August 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827014737/https://www.rio2016.com/en/table-tennis-standings-tt-mens-singles |archivedate=27 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Ionescu competed at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in the [[Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|singles event]], in which he was eliminated in the third round by [[Marcos Freitas]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ovidiu Ionescu |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/ovidiu-ionescu |website=Rio 2016 |access-date=28 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828155022/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/ovidiu-ionescu |archive-date=28 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Men's Singles – Standings |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/table-tennis-standings-tt-mens-singles |website=Rio 2016 |access-date=28 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827014737/https://www.rio2016.com/en/table-tennis-standings-tt-mens-singles |archive-date=27 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


In September 2018, Ionescu reached his first [[2018 European Table Tennis Championships|European Championships]] final but lost to No.1 seed [[Timo Boll]]. He defeated holder of the continental title [[Emmanuel Lebesson]] in the second round, 6th seed [[Jonathan Groth]] in the round of 16, 9th seed [[Vladimir Samsonov]] in the quarterfinals and 8th seed [[Kristian Karlsson]] in the semi-finals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/2018/09/22/pride-restored-ovidiu-ionescu-upholds-national-honour/|title=Pride restored, Ovidiu Ionescu upholds national honour|publisher=[[International Table Tennis Federation]]|date=22 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prosport.ro/alte-sporturi/alte-sporturi/ovidiu-ionescu-argint-istoric-la-campionatele-europene-de-tenis-de-masa-romanul-a-cedat-in-finala-cu-germanul-timo-boll-scor-4-1-17529627|title=Ovidiu Ionescu, argint istoric la Campionatele Europene de tenis de masă|publisher=[[Prosport]]|date=23 September 2018|language=Romanian}}</ref>
In September 2018, Ionescu reached his first [[2018 European Table Tennis Championships|European Championships]] final but lost to No.1 seed [[Timo Boll]]. He defeated holder of the continental title [[Emmanuel Lebesson]] in the second round, 6th seed [[Jonathan Groth]] in the round of 16, 9th seed [[Vladimir Samsonov]] in the quarterfinals and 8th seed [[Kristian Karlsson]] in the semi-finals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/2018/09/22/pride-restored-ovidiu-ionescu-upholds-national-honour/|title=Pride restored, Ovidiu Ionescu upholds national honour|publisher=[[International Table Tennis Federation]]|date=22 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prosport.ro/alte-sporturi/alte-sporturi/ovidiu-ionescu-argint-istoric-la-campionatele-europene-de-tenis-de-masa-romanul-a-cedat-in-finala-cu-germanul-timo-boll-scor-4-1-17529627|title=Ovidiu Ionescu, argint istoric la Campionatele Europene de tenis de masă|publisher=[[Prosport]]|date=23 September 2018|language=ro}}</ref>


==Titles==
==Titles==
* Romanian Championships: 3 Singles Titles (2015, 2016, 2017)
* Romanian Championships: 3 singles titles (2015, 2016, 2017)
* World Championships: men's doubles runner-up (2019, together with [[Álvaro Robles (table tennis)|Álvaro Robles]])
* Single European Runner-Up [[2018 European Table Tennis Championships|2018]]
* European Championships: 2 Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal together with [[Bernadette Szőcs]] (2012, [[2016 European Table Tennis Championships - Mixed Doubles|2016]])
* European Championships: singles runner-up (2008); mixed doubles runner-up (2022, together with [[Bernadette Szőcs]])


==Clubs==
==Clubs==
Ionescu has been playing in Germany since 2005. He entered the World Singles Rankings – Top 100 for the first time in 2016.
Ionescu has been playing in Germany since 2005.


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 20:04, 28 November 2024

Ovidiu Ionescu
Ionescu in 2022
Personal information
Full nameOvidiu George Ionescu
Born (1989-06-28) 28 June 1989 (age 35)
Buzău, Romania[1]
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Weight72 kg (159 lb)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed shakehand grip
Highest ranking39 (March 2019)[3]
Current ranking112 (27 June 2023)[4]
ClubPost SV Mühlhausen & SCM Gloria Buzău
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Romania
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest Doubles
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Mixed doubles
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Alicante Singles
Silver medal – second place 2022 Munich Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Buzău Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Budapest Mixed Doubles

Ovidiu George Ionescu (born 28 June 1989) is a Romanian professional table tennis player who plays with Post SV Mühlhausen and SCM Gloria Buzău.[5][2][6]

Career

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Ionescu competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the singles event, in which he was eliminated in the third round by Marcos Freitas.[7][8]

In September 2018, Ionescu reached his first European Championships final but lost to No.1 seed Timo Boll. He defeated holder of the continental title Emmanuel Lebesson in the second round, 6th seed Jonathan Groth in the round of 16, 9th seed Vladimir Samsonov in the quarterfinals and 8th seed Kristian Karlsson in the semi-finals.[9][10]

Titles

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  • Romanian Championships: 3 singles titles (2015, 2016, 2017)
  • World Championships: men's doubles runner-up (2019, together with Álvaro Robles)
  • European Championships: singles runner-up (2008); mixed doubles runner-up (2022, together with Bernadette Szőcs)

Clubs

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Ionescu has been playing in Germany since 2005.

References

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  1. ^ "Ovidiu Ionescu". olympedia.org. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Ovidiu Ionescu" (in German). ttbl.de. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Ranking progression". ittf.com. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  5. ^ "IONESCU Ovidiu George". european-games.org. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  6. ^ "De la 1 ianuarie, Ovidiu Ionescu este jucătorul clubului SCM Gloria Buzău" (in Romanian). Scurt pe 2. 13 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Ovidiu Ionescu". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Men's Singles – Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Pride restored, Ovidiu Ionescu upholds national honour". International Table Tennis Federation. 22 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Ovidiu Ionescu, argint istoric la Campionatele Europene de tenis de masă" (in Romanian). Prosport. 23 September 2018.
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