Nationality Portugal Name Tiago Apolonia Role Player Club TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen | Equipment(s) TIBHAR Height 1.86 m Siblings Joao Apolonia Highest ranking 17 (March 2015) Weight 74 kg | |
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Similar People Marcos Freitas, Joao Monteiro, Adrien Mattenet, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Timo Boll | ||
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Tiago Apolónia (born July 28, 1986 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese table tennis player, who is currently playing for German club TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen. As of August 2016, he is ranked the number eighteenth player in the world.
Contents
- German open 2014 highlights tiago apolonia vs dimitrij ovtcharov semi final
- Career
- Tiago apol nia calmness control
- References
German open 2014 highlights tiago apolonia vs dimitrij ovtcharov semi final
Career
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. 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 Pro Tour Doubles title in São Paulo, partnering Joao 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.
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.
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.