Alexander Shibaev (table tennis)

Russian table tennis player

Alexander Igorevich Shibaev (Russian: Александр Игоревич Шибаев; born 9 September 1990 in Yaroslavl) is a Russian table tennis player. He won the doubles crown with Alexey Smirnov at the 2010 Slovenian Open. In 2011, he won a silver medal with Kirill Skachkov in the double event at the European Championships.

His first appearance in a singles final on the ITTF World Tour was at the 2011 Polish Open. In 2012, he made it to the semifinals at the *an Open by defeating Seiya Kishikawa, Koki Niwa and Joo Se-Hyuk consecutively.

He also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.

References

    External links

    • Alexander Shibaev at the International Table Tennis Federation
    • Alexander Shibaev at the International Olympic Committee
    • Alexander Shibaev at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)