Ioannis Sgouropoulos

Ioánnis Yiánnis Sgourópoulos (born 8 May 2000) is a Greek table tennis player.

Ioánnis Sgourópoulos
Personal information
Born	(2000-05-08) 8 May 2000 (age 25) Athena, Greece
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Table tennis career
Playing style	Right-handed shakehand
Highest ranking	147 (17 August 2023)
Current ranking	228 (9 April 2024)
Medal record Men's table tennis Representing  Greece European Youth Championships 2017 Guimarães Single 2018 Cluj-Napoca Single European U-21 Championships 2019 Gondomar Single 2021 Spa Single Mediterranean Games 2022 Oran Team

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]