14 Facts About Dimitrij Ovtcharov

Dimitrij Ovtcharov or Dmytro Ovtcharov is a Ukrainian-born German table tennis player.

Since 2008, Ovtcharov has won a total of two silver and four bronze medals at the Olympics, making him second most decorated male Olympian in the table tennis category in terms of the number of medals awarded.

Dimitrij Ovtcharov used a special technique in his serves, which was later picked by Time magazine as one of the top 50 innovations of 2008.

On 22 September 2010, Dimitrij Ovtcharov had been suspended by the German Table Tennis Federation due to a positive A-sample test for Clenbuterol that may be used as a performance-enhancing substance.

Dimitrij Ovtcharov himself denied the doping accusation and requested a B-sample analysis which still tested positive.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Dimitrij Ovtcharov won bronze medals in singles and team events.

In January 2018, Dimitrij Ovtcharov became the World's Number 1 Table Tennis Player.

Dimitrij Ovtcharov won the WTT Contender event and reached the semi-finals of the WTT Star Contender event.

Notably, Dimitrij Ovtcharov made several key tactical adjustments to upset Lin Yun-Ju in the finals after losing to Lin in their previous four encounters.

Dimitrij Ovtcharov won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics in the men's singles event.

Dimitrij Ovtcharov reached the finals of the men's team event, earning his record sixth Olympic medal.

Dimitrij Ovtcharov is a right-handed player and uses the shakehand grip.

Dimitrij Ovtcharov uses the Butterfly Ovtcharov Innerforce ALC blade with Butterfly Dignics 09C on his forehand and Butterfly Dignics 05 on his backhand.

Dimitrij Ovtcharov married Swedish table tennis player Jenny Mellstrom in 2013.