Alexander Shibaev (table tennis)

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]

Alexander Shibaev
Personal information
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1990-09-09) 9 September 1990 (age 34) Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl AO, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight	77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st)[1]
Table tennis career
Playing style	Right-handed, shakehand grip, blade Stiga Clipper Wood and rubbers Tenergy 05.
Highest ranking	21 (June 2016)[2]
Club	UMMC (Russia)[3]
Medal record Men's table tennis Representing  Russia European Championships 2011 Gdansk-Sopot Doubles 2013 Schwechat Team 2015 Yekaterinburg Doubles Europe Top-16 2017 Antibes Singles 2016 Gondomar Singles

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]