Dimitrij Ovtcharov
| Dimitrij Ovtcharov Дмитро Овчаров | |
|---|---|
Ovtcharov in 2017 | |
| Personal information | |
| Nationality | German |
| Residence | Düsseldorf, Germany Hamelin, Germany |
| Born | 2 September 1988 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) |
Table tennis career | |
| Playing style | Right-handed, shakehand grip |
| Equipment(s) | Blade: Butterfly Ovtcharov Innerforce ALC Rubber: (forehand) Dignics 09C (backhand) Dignics 05 |
| Highest ranking | 1 (January 2018) |
| Current ranking | 24 (29 April 2025) |
| Club | TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell |
Medal record | |
Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Russian: Дмитрий Овчаров) or Dmytro Ovtcharov (Ukrainian: Дмитро Овчаров; born 2 September 1988) is a Ukrainian-born German table tennis player. His father Mikhail (or Mikhaylo), a Soviet table tennis champion in 1982, moved his family to Germany shortly after Dimitrij was born.
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. Ranked first January to February 2018, he is ranked ninth in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) as of November 2022.