Dmitry Mazunov

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| birth_place = Nizhny Novgorod,
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| playingstyle = Right-handed, attacking

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| club = TTF Ochsenhausen
(GER)

| hrank = 50 (January 2001)

| crank = 105 (January 2010)

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Dmitry Vyacheslavovich Mazunov ({{langx|ru|Дмитрий Вячеславович Мазунов}}; born 12 May 1971 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian SFSR) is a Russian table tennis player.{{cite sports-reference |title=Dmitry Mazunov |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/dmitry-mazunov-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203141211/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/dmitry-mazunov-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016 |access-date=27 February 2013}} He won a bronze medal, along with his brother Andrey Mazunov, in the men's doubles at the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships in Chiba, Japan, representing the Soviet Union.{{cite web |title=1991 World Championships (Chiba) – Men's Doubles |url=http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChResultsMD.pdf |page=41 |publisher=ITTF |accessdate=27 February 2013}} As of January 2010, Mazunov is ranked no. 105 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).{{cite web |title=ITTF World Ranking – Dmitry Mazunov |url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Player_ID=105969 |publisher=ITTF |accessdate=27 February 2013}} Mazunov is a member of TTF Liebherr Ochenhausen in Ochsenhausen, Germany, and is coached and trained by Mikhail Nosov.{{cite web |title=ITTF World Player Profile – Dmitry Mazunov |url=http://www.ittf.com/biography/biography_web_details.asp?Player_ID=105969 |publisher=ITTF |accessdate=27 February 2013}} He is also right-handed, and uses the attacking grip.

Table tennis career

Mazunov made his official debut, as a member of the Unified Team, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he competed in both the singles and doubles tournaments. He placed third in the preliminary pool round of the men's singles, with a total score of 114 points, two defeats from Belgium's Jean-Michel Saive and Brazil's Hugo Hoyama, and a single victory over Iran's Ibrahim Al-Idokht.{{cite web |title=Barcelona 1992 Volume V: Table Tennis – Men's Singles |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s5.pdf |work=Barcelona 1992 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=408 |accessdate=27 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804071327/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s5.pdf |archivedate=4 August 2010}}{{cite web |title=1992 Olympic Games (Barcelona): Men's Singles Group Stage |url=http://www.ittf.com/competitions/_groups_matches.asp?grp=&Event_Type=MSP&Competition_ID=168 |publisher=ITTF |accessdate=27 February 2013}} In the men's doubles, Mazunov and his brother Andrey lost the quarterfinal match to South Korea's Kim Taek-Soo and Yoo Nam-Kyu, with a set score of 0–3.{{cite web |title=Barcelona 1992 Volume V: Table Tennis – Men's Doubles |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s5.pdf |work=Barcelona 1992 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=410 |accessdate=27 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804071327/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s5.pdf |archivedate=4 August 2010}}{{cite web |title=1992 Olympic Games (Barcelona): Men's Doubles Quarterfinal |url=http://www.ittf.com/competitions/matches_per_round1.asp?competition_ID=168&rnd=8&s_Event_Type=MD |publisher=ITTF |accessdate=27 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229055023/http://www.ittf.com/competitions/matches_per_round1.asp?competition_ID=168&rnd=8&s_Event_Type=MD |archivedate=29 December 2013}}

Representing Russia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Mazunov lost the first round match of the men's singles to Belarus' Vladimir Samsonov, with a set score of 0–3.{{cite web |title=Atlanta 1996 Volume III: Table Tennis – Men's Singles |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222634/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 September 2007 |work=Atlanta 1996 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=381 |accessdate=27 February 2013}}{{cite web |title=1996 Olympic Games (Atlanta): Men's Singles Round of 16 |url=http://www.ittf.com/competitions/matches_per_round1.asp?competition_ID=200&rnd=16&s_Event_Type=ms |publisher=ITTF |accessdate=27 February 2013}} In the men's doubles, Mazunov and his partner Andrey placed second in the preliminary pool round, receiving a total score of 120 points, two victories from Belarus and the United States, and a single defeat from the South Korean duo Lee Chul-Seung and Yoo Nam-Kyu.{{cite web |title=Atlanta 1996 Volume III: Table Tennis – Men's Doubles |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222634/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 September 2007 |work=Atlanta 1996 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=384 |accessdate=27 February 2013}}{{cite web |title=1996 Olympic Games (Atlanta): Men's Doubles Group Stage |url=http://www.ittf.com/competitions/_groups_matches.asp?grp=&Event_Type=MDP&Competition_ID=200 |publisher=ITTF |accessdate=27 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130411050943/http://www.ittf.com/competitions/_groups_matches.asp?grp=&Event_Type=MDP&Competition_ID=200 |archivedate=11 April 2013}}

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Mazunov teamed up with Alexei Smirnov in the men's doubles tournament. The Russian pair narrowly lost the bronze medal to the Danish duo Michael Maze and Finn Tugwell, receiving a final set score of 2–4.{{cite web |title=Table Tennis: Men's Doubles |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/table_tennis/results/3531182.stm |work=Athens 2004 |date=12 August 2004 |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=27 February 2013}}{{cite news |title=China beat HK for second table tennis gold |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-08-21/china-beat-hk-for-second-table-tennis-gold/2030688 |publisher=ABC News Australia |date=21 August 2004 |accessdate=25 February 2013}}

Sixteen years after competing in his first Olympics, Mazunov qualified for his fourth Russian team, as a 37-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving a spot as one of the remaining top 10 teams under ITTF's Computer Team Ranking List.{{cite web |title=Teams Qualified for the Olympic Games |url=http://www.ittf.com/World_Events/Olympic_games_2008/Team_List_19_June_2008.pdf |publisher=ITTF |accessdate=25 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222035831/http://www.ittf.com/World_Events/Olympic_games_2008/Team_List_19_June_2008.pdf |archivedate=22 February 2012}} He joined with his fellow players Alexei Smirnov and Fedor Kuzmin for the inaugural men's team event. Mazunov and his team placed fourth in the preliminary pool round against Japan, Hong Kong, and Nigeria, receiving a total score of three points and three straight losses.{{cite web |title=Men's Team Group D (HKG–RUS) |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/tabletennis/resultsandschedules/rsc=TTM400D01/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=27 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821152426/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/tabletennis/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DTTM400D01/index.html |archivedate=21 August 2012}}{{cite web |title=Men's Team Group D (JPN–RUS) |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/tabletennis/resultsandschedules/rsc=TTM400D04/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=27 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821152724/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/tabletennis/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DTTM400D04/index.html |archivedate=21 August 2012}}{{cite web |title=Men's Team Group D (NGR–RUS) |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/tabletennis/resultsandschedules/rsc=TTM400D06/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=25 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821153219/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/tabletennis/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DTTM400D06/index.html |archivedate=21 August 2012}}

References

External links

{{ITTF}}
{{Olympics.com profile|dimitrij-mazunov}}
{{Olympedia}}
{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823165338/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=65297/bio/index.html |title=NBC 2008 Olympics profile |date=dmy}}

Category:1971 births

Category:Living people

Category:Russian male table tennis players

Category:Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Category:Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Category:Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Category:Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic table tennis players for Russia

Category:Olympic table tennis players for the Unified Team

Category:Sportspeople from Nizhny Novgorod

Category:World Table Tennis Championships medalists

Category:Russian expatriate sportspeople in Germany

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