Alexey Smirnov

Alexey Smirnov (born October 9, 1977) is a male table tennis player from Russia. Since 2003 he won several medals in doubles events in the Table Tennis European Championships. He also won the gold medal at the Europe Top-12 in 2005 at Rennes.

He is also a multiple Russian national champion – four times in Men Singles and five in Men Doubles. He was also part of the winning cadet European Youth Championship team in 1992, as well as being the winner of the men's singles, the men's doubles and the mixed doubles at the junior level at the 1995 European Youth Championships. He reached the last 32 where he was beaten by Jiang Tianyi. The Russian men's team lost to the eventual winners, China, in the first round.

Career records Singles (as of 4 October 2014)

Men's doubles Olympics – 4th (2004) World Championships: round of 16 (2003, 2005, 2007) Pro Tour winner (1): Slovenian Open 2010. European Championships: Runner-up (2003)

Mixed doubles World Championships: round of 64 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007). European Championships: QF (2005, 2007)F (2007).

Team Olympics: 9th (2012). World Championships: 6th (2006, 2010). World Team Cup: 7th (2007) World Cup: 5th (2011)