| Qatar Open XD | 11/23 11:27 | - | Vladimir Samsonov v Ruslan Alchimbaev | W | 3-0 | |
| Qatar Open Women | 11/16 17:45 | - |
Truls Moregard
v
Vladimir Samsonov |
W | 0-3 | |
| Qatar Open XD | 11/07 13:40 | 1 |
Vladimir Samsonov v
Qihao Zhou
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L | 2-4 | |
| Qatar Open XD | 11/07 10:40 | 1 | Vladimir Samsonov v Jon Persson | W | 4-3 | |
| Qatar Open Women | 10/26 12:47 | - | Vladimir Samsonov v Fuzhou Zhang | W | 3-0 | |
| Qatar Open Women | 10/20 17:00 | 3 | Zhendong Fan v Vladimir Samsonov | L | 4-0 | |
| Qatar Open Women | 10/20 13:30 | 4 |
Vladimir Samsonov v
Chun Ting Wong
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W | 4-1 | |
| Qatar Open Women | 10/19 13:00 | 1 | Vladimir Samsonov v Emmanuel Lebesson | W | 4-2 | |
| Qatar Open Women | 10/19 10:30 | 1 |
Hugo Calderano
v
Vladimir Samsonov |
W | 1-4 | |
| Qatar Open Women | 10/12 19:42 | - |
Cedric Nuytinck
v
Vladimir Samsonov |
W | 1-3 | |
| Qatar Open XD | 10/02 17:53 | - | Vladimir Samsonov v Ievgen Pryschepa | W | 3-0 | |
| Qatar Open XD | 10/02 16:04 | - | Vladimir Samsonov v Lei Kou | L | 2-3 | |
| Qatar Open Women | 09/22 19:15 | 3 |
Ovidiu Ionescu
v
Vladimir Samsonov |
L | 4-3 | |
| Qatar Open Women | 09/22 12:35 | 4 |
Vladimir Samsonov v
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
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W | 4-2 | |
| Qatar Open Women | 09/21 15:30 | 5 |
Vladimir Samsonov v
Truls Moregard
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W | 4-2 | |
| Qatar Open Women | 09/20 18:40 | 6 |
Vladimir Samsonov v
Mihai Bobocica
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W | 4-1 | |
| Qatar Open Women | 08/24 18:30 | 4 |
Vladimir Samsonov v
Tomokazu Harimoto
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L | 3-4 | |
| Qatar Open Women | 08/23 17:20 | 5 | Vladimir Samsonov v Marek Badowski | W | 4-1 | |
| Bulgaria Open | 08/18 10:00 | 3 |
Vladimir Samsonov v
Tomokazu Harimoto
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L | 2-4 | |
| Bulgaria Open | 08/17 13:40 | 4 | Chih Yuan Chuang v Vladimir Samsonov | W | 1-4 | |
| Bulgaria Open | 08/16 12:30 | 5 |
Yun-Ju Lin
v
Vladimir Samsonov |
W | 3-4 | |
| Qatar Open XD | 06/17 13:01 | - |
Maharu Yoshimura
v
Vladimir Samsonov |
W | 1-3 | |
| Qatar Open XD | 05/29 02:50 | 1 |
Yukiya Uda
v
Vladimir Samsonov |
W | 1-4 | |
| Qatar Open XD | 05/22 18:00 | - |
Vladimir Samsonov v
Lubomir Pistej
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W | 3-2 | |
| Qatar Open Women | 05/18 14:00 | 1 |
Vladimir Samsonov v
Kristian Karlsson
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W | 3-0 | |
| Qatar Open Women | 05/13 12:20 | 1 |
Anton Kallberg
v
Vladimir Samsonov |
W | 1-3 | |
| Qatar Open Women | 05/02 09:30 | 1 | Vladimir Samsonov v Chih-Yuan Chuang | L | 1-3 | |
| Qatar Open Women | 05/02 08:00 | 1 | Vladimir Samsonov v Chien-An Chen | W | 3-1 | |
| Qatar Open Women | 04/30 08:00 | 1 |
Vladimir Samsonov v
Tomokazu Harimoto
|
L | 2-3 | |
| Qatar Open Women | 04/29 15:30 | 1 |
Liam Pitchford
v
Vladimir Samsonov |
L | 3-2 |
Wikipedia - Vladimir Samsonov
Vladimir Samsonov or Uladzimir Samsonau (Belarusian: Уладзімір Віктаравіч Самсонаў, Russian: Владимир Викторович Самсонов, born 17 April 1976) is a Belarusian former professional table tennis player. He is known in China as the "Tai Chi Master" because of his superb all-around style, both offensive and defensive. Samsonov competed at six consecutive Olympics between 1996 and 2016, placing fourth individually in 2016, in addition to equal fifth in 1996 and 2000.
History
Samsonov is also known as Mr. ECL (European Champions League), for winning a record 13 ECL titles (including two of its predecessor, European Club Cup of Champions) – three with Borussia (1997, 1998, 2000), and five each with Charleroi (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007) and Fakel Orenburg (2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019). His 13 titles are not only the most ever by an athlete in table tennis, but also more than any male or female athlete has ever won in European Champions Leagues in all sports. He started playing for European top division clubs in 1994, when he signed with Borussia Düsseldorf, then six years later joined Royal Charleroi in Belgium. In 2008, he moved to Spain to play for SuperDivision club Cajagranada, but left after only one season to join the Russian Premier League club Fakel Orenburg, where he finished his career twelve years later.
Samsonov is famous for being a top-10 player spanning over a decade. He first joined the top-10 in 1996, then climbed to the top position in 1998. He stayed in the top-10 for 15 years until November 2011. His highest ranking was No. 1 in December 1999. He used to hold the distinction of being the player with most ITTF Pro/World Tour titles (27) until Ma Long surpassed him (28). He was runner-up in the 1997 World championships, and is also a three-time European champion (1998, 2003, 2005) and three-time World Cup winner (1999, 2001, 2009).
Samsonov was awarded the Richard Bergmann Fair Play Trophy at the world championships a record three times, in 2003, 2007 and 2013.
In 2021, despite qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics, his seventh time qualifying for the Olympics, Samsonov withdrew from the tournament and shortly after announced his retirement.