Ovidiu IONESCU and Bernadette SZOCS lead Romania in Durban

The 2023 Individual World Table Tennis Championships are scheduled to take place in Durban South Africa from May 20th to 28th. Supported by national team coaches and staff nine Romanian athletes will represent Romania in this major competition competing in the singles and doubles events for both men and women.

In the previous edition held in Houston United States the women’s doubles pair of Elizabeta SAMARA and Andreea DRAGOMAN finished in fifth place narrowly missing out on a medal after the quarterfinal match.

The most recent medal for Romania was achieved by Ovidiu IONESCU who became the vice-world champion in the men’s doubles event in Budapest in 2019 partnering with Spain’s Alvaro ROBLES.

The Romanian delegation :

    Men’s Singles: Ovidiu IONESCU Eduard IONESCU Cristian PLETEA Rares SIPOS

    Women’s Singles: Bernadette SZOCS Elizabeta SAMARA Adina DIACONU Andreea DRAGOMAN

    Men’s Doubles: Ovidiu IONESCU/Alvaro ROBLES (Spain) Darius MOVILEANU/Eduard IONESCU

    Women’s Doubles: Bernadette SZOCS/Sofia POLCANOVA (Austria) Andreea DRAGOMAN/Elizabeta SAMARA Adina DIACONU/Maria XIAO (Spain)

    Mixed Doubles: Ovidiu IONESCU/Bernadette SZOCS Cristian PLETEA/Adina DIACONU

    Coaches: Viorel FILIMON Mihaela STEFF Andrei FILIMON Ionut SENI

    Physiotherapists: Adrian MÎRZA Petruț GHIȚĂ

    Psychologist: Mioara ȘINCAN

    Doctor: Costin DUMITRU

The trip to South Africa is preceded by a training period and preparation at a training camp held from May 11th to 17th at the Romsilva Complex in Bucharest.

During this time the athletes and their partners along with the coaches and staff members will finalize the last details before the 2023 Individual World Table Tennis Championships in Durban.

Related News

Belgium Open 2025 Set for Pepinster in November

The Belgium Open 2025, an official ETTU event, will take place from Monday, 10th November to Thursday, 13th November 2025 at the Hall Sportif du Paire in Pepinster (Verviers). The...

Read more

ETTU Champions League Women: Draw Sets Stage 2 Groups

The ETTU Champions League Women has reached Stage 2, following the opening phase tournament in Novi Sad. Today, the draw for Stage 2 was held in Luxembourg. In Serbia, four...

Read more

Reigning champions 1. FC Saarbrücken TT to face Dojlidy Białystok in Round of 16

The draw for the Round of 16 of the ETTU Champions League was held today in Luxembourg. The top eight clubs, who were exempt from the Group Stage, joined the...

Read more

ETTU President MOURA at the European Universities TT Championships

The 13th European Universities Table Tennis Championship, staged from 11 to 16 September 2025 at Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University (MAKÜ), welcomed ETTU President Pedro MOURA, who was present at...

Read more

Contact

About Us

Privacy Policy

Terms and Conditions

The European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) is the governing body of the sport of table tennis in Europe, and is the only authority recognized for this purpose by the International Table Tennis Federation. The ETTU deals with all matters relating to table tennis at a European level, including the development and promotion of the sport in the territories controlled by its 58 member associations, and the organization of continental table tennis competitions, including the European Championships.

Powered By

All Competitions

Senior Competitions

Club Competitions

Youth Competitions

More Competitions