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{{short description|Portuguese table tennis player}}
{{short description|Portuguese table tennis player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2012}}
{{Infobox table tennis player
{{Infobox table tennis player
| name = Tiago Apolónia
| name = Tiago Apolónia
| image = ITTF World Tour 2017 German Open Apolonia Tiago 03.jpg
| image = ITTF World Tour 2017 German Open Apolonia Tiago 03.jpg
| image_size =
| image_size =
| caption = ITTF World Tour 2017 German Open, Magdeburg, Germany, 7 November 2017 – 12 November 2017, Apolonia Tiago
| caption = Apolónia at the ITTF World Tour 2017 German Open
| fullname =
| fullname =
| nickname =
| nickname =
| nationality = Portuguese
| residence = [[Ochsenhausen]], Germany
| residence = [[Ochsenhausen]], Germany
| playingstyle = [[Table tennis styles#Shakehand styles|Shakehand, Offensive]]
| playingstyle = [[Table tennis styles#Shakehand styles|Shakehand, Offensive]]
| equipment = Butterfly Tiago Apolonia ZLC (blade), Butterfly Tenergy 05 Hard (Black, FH), Butterfly Dignics 05 (Red, BH) <ref>https://butterflyonline.com/players/tiago-apolonia/</ref>
| equipment = Butterfly Tiago Apolonia ZLC (blade), Butterfly Tenergy 05 Hard (Black, FH), Butterfly Dignics 05 (Red, BH) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://butterflyonline.com/players/tiago-apolonia/|title=APOLONIA, Tiago|website=Butterfly Online}}</ref>
| hrank = 13 (November 2014)<ref name="ITTF world ranking">{{cite web |url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Siniors=1&Player_ID=100621 |title=ITTF world ranking |publisher=International Table Tennis Federation |accessdate=6 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821120753/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Siniors=1&Player_ID=100621 |archivedate=21 August 2016 }}</ref>
| hrank = 13 (November 2014)<ref name="ITTF world ranking">{{cite web |url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Siniors=1&Player_ID=100621 |title=ITTF world ranking |publisher=International Table Tennis Federation |accessdate=6 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821120753/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Siniors=1&Player_ID=100621 |archivedate=21 August 2016 }}</ref>
| crank = 55 (April 2020)
| crank = 49 (20 February 2024)
| club = TTC Neu-Ulm
| club = TTC Neu-Ulm
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|7|28|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|7|28|df=y}}
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| height = 1.85 m
| height = 1.85 m
| weight = 73 kg
| weight = 73 kg
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[table tennis]]}}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[table tennis]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{POR}}}}
{{MedalCountry|{{POR}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Table Tennis Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Table Tennis Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2019 World Table Tennis Championships|2019 Budapest]]|[[2019 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles|Doubles]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2019 World Table Tennis Championships|2019 Budapest]]|[[2019 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's doubles|Doubles]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Games]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2015 European Games|2015 Baku]]|[[Table tennis at the 2015 European Games – Men's team|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2015 European Games|2015 Baku]]|[[Table tennis at the 2015 European Games – Men's team|Team]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Table Tennis European Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Table Tennis European Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2014 Table Tennis European Championships|2014 Lisbon]]|Team}}
{{MedalGold|[[2014 Table Tennis European Championships|2014 Lisbon]]|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2017 Table Tennis European Championships|2017 Luxembourg]]|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2017 European Table Tennis Championships|2017 Luxembourg]]|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2019 European Table Tennis Championships|2019 Nantes]]|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2008 Table Tennis European Championships|2008 Saint-Petersburg]]|Doubles}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2008 Table Tennis European Championships|2008 Saint-Petersburg]]|Doubles}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2011 Table Tennis European Championships|2011 Gdansk-Sopot]]|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2011 Table Tennis European Championships|2011 Gdansk-Sopot]]|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2013 Table Tennis European Championships|2013 Schwechat]]|Doubles}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2013 Table Tennis European Championships|2013 Schwechat]]|Doubles}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2015 Table Tennis European Championships|2015 Ekaterinburg]]|Singles}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2015 European Table Tennis Championships|2015 Ekaterinburg]]|Singles}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2016 Table Tennis European Championships|2016 Budapest]]|Doubles}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2016 European Table Tennis Championships|2016 Budapest]]|Doubles}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2020 European Table Tennis Championships|2020 Warsaw]]|Doubles}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2023 European Table Tennis Championships|2023 Malmö]]|Team}}
}}
}}
'''Tiago André Barata Feio Peixoto Apolónia''' (born 28 July 1986) is a Portuguese [[table tennis]] player who plays for German club [[TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen]]. As of August 2016, he is ranked the number eighteenth player in the world.<ref name="ITTF world ranking">{{cite web |url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Siniors=1&Player_ID=100621 |title=ITTF world ranking |publisher=International Table Tennis Federation |accessdate=6 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821120753/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Siniors=1&Player_ID=100621 |archivedate=21 August 2016 }}</ref>
'''Tiago André Barata Feio Peixoto Apolónia'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publico.pt/toquio-2020/portugueses|title=Portugueses &#124; Tóquio 2020|website=PÚBLICO}}</ref> (born 28 July 1986) is a Portuguese [[table tennis]] player for German club [[TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen]] and Portugal. As of August 2016, he is ranked the number eighteenth player in the world.<ref name="ITTF world ranking"/>


==Career==
==Career==
Born in [[Lisbon]], Apolónia began playing table tennis aged six at his hometown club [[Estrela da Amadora]]. As a youth player, he was crowned [[Table Tennis European Youth Championships|European Junior Doubles champion]] in 2004 and won a silver medal in the Doubles competition at the [[World Junior Table Tennis Championships|Junior World Championships]] in 2003, both partnering [[Marcos Freitas]].<ref>http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=8200&NAMES=APOLONIA+Tiago+%28POR%29&Assoc1=POR&Assoc=&s_Gender=&s_Names=apolonia& ITTF Statistics (10/01/2012).</ref>
Born in [[Lisbon]], Apolónia began playing table tennis aged six at his hometown club [[Estrela da Amadora]]. As a youth player, he was crowned [[Table Tennis European Youth Championships|European Junior Doubles champion]] in 2004 and won a silver medal in the Doubles competition at the [[World Junior Table Tennis Championships|Junior World Championships]] in 2003, both partnering [[Marcos Freitas]].<ref>http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=8200&NAMES=APOLONIA+Tiago+%28POR%29&Assoc1=POR&Assoc=&s_Gender=&s_Names=apolonia& ITTF Statistics (10/01/2012).</ref>
After playing for German clubs [[TTC indeland Jülich]] and [[1. FC Saarbrücken]], he arrived at his current club [[TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen]]. In 2006, he won his first [[ITTF World Tour|ITTF Pro Tour]] Doubles title in São Paulo, partnering [[Joao Monteiro]]. His first [[ITTF World Tour|ITTF Pro Tour]] Singles title followed in October 2010 with the Austrian Open in Wels, where he beat Germany's [[Timo Boll]] in the final.<ref>http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=22377&Competition_ID=1988& ITTF Articles (10/01/2012).</ref>
After playing for German clubs [[TTC indeland Jülich]], [[1. FC Saarbrücken]] and [[TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen]], he arrived at his current club TTC Neu-Ulm in 2019. In 2006, he won his first [[ITTF World Tour|ITTF Pro Tour]] Doubles title in São Paulo, partnering [[João Monteiro (table tennis)|João Monteiro]]. His first [[ITTF World Tour|ITTF Pro Tour]] Singles title followed in October 2010 with the Austrian Open in Wels, where he beat Germany's [[Timo Boll]] in the final.<ref>http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=22377&Competition_ID=1988& ITTF Articles (10/01/2012).</ref>


He qualified for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[2008 Olympic Games|Beijing]], where he competed in the Men's Singles.
He qualified for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[2008 Olympic Games|Beijing]], where he competed in the Men's Singles.
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{ITTF}}
* {{World Table Tennis}}
*{{Sports-reference}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com|tiago-apolonia}}


{{Footer European Games Champions Table Tennis Team Men}}
{{Footer European Games Champions Table Tennis Team Men}}
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Latest revision as of 12:54, 29 November 2024

Tiago Apolónia
Apolónia at the ITTF World Tour 2017 German Open
Personal information
ResidenceOchsenhausen, Germany
Born (1986-07-28) 28 July 1986 (age 38)
Lisbon, Portugal
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing styleShakehand, Offensive
Equipment(s)Butterfly Tiago Apolonia ZLC (blade), Butterfly Tenergy 05 Hard (Black, FH), Butterfly Dignics 05 (Red, BH) [1]
Highest ranking13 (November 2014)[2]
Current ranking49 (20 February 2024)
ClubTTC Neu-Ulm
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Portugal
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest Doubles
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Lisbon Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Luxembourg Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Nantes Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Saint-Petersburg Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Gdansk-Sopot Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Schwechat Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Ekaterinburg Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Budapest Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Warsaw Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Malmö Team

Tiago André Barata Feio Peixoto Apolónia[3] (born 28 July 1986) is a Portuguese table tennis player for German club TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen and Portugal. As of August 2016, he is ranked the number eighteenth player in the world.[2]

Career

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Born in Lisbon, Apolónia began playing table tennis aged six at his hometown club Estrela da Amadora. As a youth player, he was crowned European Junior Doubles champion in 2004 and won a silver medal in the Doubles competition at the Junior World Championships in 2003, both partnering Marcos Freitas.[4] After playing for German clubs TTC indeland Jülich, 1. FC Saarbrücken and TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen, he arrived at his current club TTC Neu-Ulm in 2019. In 2006, he won his first ITTF Pro Tour Doubles title in São Paulo, partnering João Monteiro. His first ITTF Pro Tour Singles title followed in October 2010 with the Austrian Open in Wels, where he beat Germany's Timo Boll in the final.[5]

He qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the Men's Singles.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was part of the Portuguese men's team.[6]

In 2015 he won first place with his national team (João Geraldo and Marcos Freitas) in table tennis at the 2015 European Games in Baku.

References

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  1. ^ "APOLONIA, Tiago". Butterfly Online.
  2. ^ a b "ITTF world ranking". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Portugueses | Tóquio 2020". PÚBLICO.
  4. ^ http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=8200&NAMES=APOLONIA+Tiago+%28POR%29&Assoc1=POR&Assoc=&s_Gender=&s_Names=apolonia& ITTF Statistics (10/01/2012).
  5. ^ http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=22377&Competition_ID=1988& ITTF Articles (10/01/2012).
  6. ^ "Tiago Apolónia Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
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