Dmitry Ovcharov: biography and achievements

In the record of the 29-year-old athlete Ovcharov Dmitriy, who was born in the USSR, and now lives in Germany and stands for her team, many as a team and singles victories at the European and world champion, silver and bronze Olympic Games (2008 and 2012. ). It is a multiple winner Euro tops (12 and 16). For many years, D. Ovcharov among the top ten best table tennis players in the world. It is associated with the future of not only German, but also pan-European small, that is table tennis.

Dimitrij Ovtcharov: biography

The future tennis player born in the early autumn of 1988 in the capital of the Ukrainian SSR. His father, Mikhail Ovcharov, was the champion of the Soviet Union in table tennis. Mom also belonged to the world of sport and worked as a trainer. The first years of life nothing much happened in the boy's life. First, I go to the nursery and then in kindergarten. Every day life in the country worsened and the parents were thinking of the fact that at the first opportunity to leave the country. And now they have a chance. In Germany, Dima was in the age of four, where his family moved and decided to live away from the radioactive Chernobyl area and get rid of the difficult living conditions. Mikhail Ovcharov almost immediately on arrival got a federation of table tennis in Germany and became a coach, first team of the city, and then the whole country. There is also still a young boy came Dimitrij Ovtcharov in table tennis. Naturally, his first coach was also his legendary father. The boy did good progress and in the junior tournament was able to prove himself as a promising athlete. In 2005, at the age of 17 he won the singles titles at the European Championships, and the next year at the World Championship made his way to the semi-finals and took the 4th place, go to the third step of the podium he prevented the Japanese athlete Kenta Matsudaira. In short, the eighteen year old Dmitri returned from Cairo without a medal, but promised myself that very soon talk about it around the world.

Early career

In 2007, Dmitry Ovcharov began to act in the adult discharge and was immediately defined in the German national team. Barely hitting the adult league, he has already hit the one hundred best players in the world. At the first European Championship in which he had to act, he won the bronze medal in the singles and in the team got gold. That was a real success. Over the entire period of his sporting career Germany's national team six times won the gold medal, one silver and one bronze medal at the world championships of different values. In 2008, Dima was the first time for the Olympics. Here he was less lucky, he barely made it to the eighth finals. But his team won silver, therefore, in his sporting achievements of the first significant award such as Olympic silver in 2008.

Serious victory

Dimitrij Ovtcharov, tennis for which became the most important thing in life, already in 2009-2011. She won third place at the World Cup. And in 2010, as "a single skater," he won the European Super Cup, which was held in Moscow. The most productive period in his athletic career can be considered a whole in 2012: first, it was gold at the world championship in a tournament and Top 12 championship. In the same year he received a ticket for the Olympic Games, where the singles took third place and received the Olympic bronze. Another bronze medal he had won in a team game. And the latest achievements of this year was his victory in the team of "Gazprom" in the European Super Cup. Do not be surprised at the great year for his career, he has received an offer from the management team of Orenburg "Torch" ( "Gazprom") to act as a part of their team, and took it. A year later, Dmitry became the champion in singles at the World Championships, and in 2015 defended his title again. In 2014 Dmitry Ovcharov for the first time in his career was the gold medal at the German Championship. Immediately afterwards, he settled down on the fourth line of the world ranking of the best athletes ITTF. Sometimes his fans jokingly say that their idol is not simple, and magical racket. So what plays Dimitrij Ovtcharov? There is no magic, just that he has for many years enjoyed sports equipment "Donika" company (DONIKC). By the way, most of the athletes in this sport are rackets of this firm. And the whole secret lies in the fact that the young athlete in your veins flows the blood of a champion - his legendary father. In addition, with the coach otherwise it could not be. After all, he does not spare his son and requires full commitment from him. So racket Dmitry Ovcharov - very ordinary.

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Until 2006 Ovcharov Dmitriy was not included in the first hundred ITTF list. However, by the end of this year, he is on the 85th line of the rankings, and a year later moved to the top 20. Of course, it might not be out of the attention of connoisseurs of the sport. 4 years later, in December of 2011, Dima entered the top-10 world ranking. From that moment he never lowered the bar. In 2014, he registered his highest score - 4 th place in the ranking. Above it still did not come up, but you never know. Despite the fact that the athlete for 29 years, he is still full of energy and does not think about leaving the big sport.

Club career

Since 2011, Dmitry, in addition to being in favor of the German national team, is also a player in the Russian sports club "Torch" ( "Gazprom"). It is in this team he won the first prize in the League of Champions. For an athlete it is a source of income. So not only in football or hockey, but in the table tennis team players are pretty high fees.

Achievements

In Ovcharov Jr. a very large list of achievements and awards. The most recent - the first position in the tournament Euro Top-16, which he won in 2017. Prior to this, in 2012 he won the Euro Top 12. One of the walls in his house hung a few dozen silver and bronze medals, among them, of course, color and gold.

doping

In 2010, Dima Ovcharov an unpleasant case. Before a competition, he passed the test for doping. To the surprise of all, his coach, team players and fans, the test gave a positive result. Dmitry was at a loss, but did not realize that you can do to justify themselves. Fortunately, the experts decided to take a sample of his hair, as scientifically proven that such doping is deposited in the hair. This second test was negative, which helped the athlete to avoid public humiliation.

Life

In mid-summer 2014 Dimitrij Ovtcharov married. His wedding was held in Germany, the small town of Bergisch Gladbach, which is located near Dusseldorf. Photos from the wedding ceremony couples filled the entire Internet. Everyone wanted to see on whom married a beautiful athlete, for that she was his chosen one. His bride was Jenny Melshtrom. The wedding took place in the Grandhotel Schloss Bensderg, which was an ancient palace in the Baroque style. Around the palace a beautiful garden and meadow. Everything was fine at this event. There were a lot of famous guests, including athletes, stars of show business. Dima and Jenny knew almost from school. She also was an athlete, and they often overlap in the training camp, then their sympathy turned into something more, and they began dating. Parents have approved the choice of his son, and now after so many years of love and friendship, the pair combined legal marriage. In the press every now and then flashed pictures of the happy couple. It's obvious that young well with each other, and most importantly, that marriage did not prevent Dima act and to make progress in the sport.