Ioannis Sgouropoulos
Greek table tennis player
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Born | (2000-05-08) 8 May 2000 (age 24) Athena, Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing style | Right-handed shakehand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 147 (17 August 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 228 (9 April 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ioánnis Yiánnis Sgourópoulos (born 8 May 2000) is a Greek table tennis player.
Biography
Ioannis Sgouropoulos discovered table tennis through his father. He played football when he was younger but gave up at 10 or 11 to become a professional table tennis player.[1]
He won two consecutive European youth table tennis championships in 2017 and 2018. He also won two gold medals at the European U-21 table tennis championships in men's singles event.[2]
He had problems with being overweight which forced him to reduce it. It is sponsored by the brand Donic.[3]
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