Tiago Apolónia

{{Infobox table tennis player

| name = Tiago Apolónia

| image = ITTF World Tour 2017 German Open Apolonia Tiago 03.jpg

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| caption = Apolónia at the ITTF World Tour 2017 German Open

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| nickname =

| residence = Ochsenhausen, Germany

| playingstyle = Shakehand, Offensive

| equipment = Butterfly Tiago Apolonia ZLC (blade), Butterfly Tenergy 05 Hard (Black, FH), Butterfly Dignics 05 (Red, BH) {{Cite web|url=https://butterflyonline.com/players/tiago-apolonia/|title=APOLONIA, Tiago|website=Butterfly Online}}

| hrank = 13 (November 2014){{cite web |url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Siniors=1&Player_ID=100621 |title=ITTF world ranking |publisher=International Table Tennis Federation |accessdate=6 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821120753/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Siniors=1&Player_ID=100621 |archivedate=21 August 2016 }}

| crank = 49 (20 February 2024)

| club = TTC Neu-Ulm

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|7|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal

| height = 1.85 m

| weight = 73 kg

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{POR}}}}

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Tiago André Barata Feio Peixoto Apolónia{{Cite web|url=https://www.publico.pt/toquio-2020/portugueses|title=Portugueses | Tóquio 2020|website=PÚBLICO}} (born 28 July 1986) is a Portuguese table tennis player for German club TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen and Portugal. As of August 2016, he is ranked the number eighteenth player in the world.

Career

Born in Lisbon, Apolónia began playing table tennis aged six at his hometown club Estrela da Amadora. As a youth player, he was crowned European Junior Doubles champion in 2004 and won a silver medal in the Doubles competition at the Junior World Championships in 2003, both partnering Marcos Freitas.http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=8200&NAMES=APOLONIA+Tiago+%28POR%29&Assoc1=POR&Assoc=&s_Gender=&s_Names=apolonia& ITTF Statistics (10/01/2012).

After playing for German clubs TTC indeland Jülich, 1. FC Saarbrücken and TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen, he arrived at his current club TTC Neu-Ulm in 2019. In 2006, he won his first ITTF Pro Tour Doubles title in São Paulo, partnering João Monteiro. His first ITTF Pro Tour Singles title followed in October 2010 with the Austrian Open in Wels, where he beat Germany's Timo Boll in the final.http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=22377&Competition_ID=1988& ITTF Articles (10/01/2012).

He qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the Men's Singles.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was part of the Portuguese men's team.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ap/tiago-apolonia-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111806/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ap/tiago-apolonia-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Tiago Apolónia Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=13 March 2016}}

In 2015 he won first place with his national team (João Geraldo and Marcos Freitas) in table tennis at the 2015 European Games in Baku.