Alexander Shibaev (table tennis)
Russian table tennis player
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Alexander Igorevich Shibaev (Russian: Александр Игоревич Шибаев; born 9 September 1990 in Yaroslavl) is a Russian table tennis player.[1][4] He won the doubles crown with Alexey Smirnov at the 2010 Slovenian Open.[5] In 2011, he won a silver medal with Kirill Skachkov in the double event at the European Championships.[6]
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| Nationality | Russian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 September 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | UMMC (Russia)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Right-handed, shakehand grip, blade Stiga Clipper Wood and rubbers Tenergy 05. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 21 (June 2016)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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His first appearance in a singles final on the ITTF World Tour was at the 2011 Polish Open.[7] In 2012, he made it to the semifinals at the Japan Open by defeating Seiya Kishikawa, Koki Niwa and Joo Se-Hyuk consecutively.[8]
He also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.[9]
Shibaev and the French table tennis player Simon Gauzy also are known for having a feud, reaching the point of having an argument and a harsher physical contact after playing the 2017 ITTF-Europe Top 16 semifinals.[10][11]
