Alexander Igorevich Shibaev (; born 9 September 1990 in Yaroslavl) is a Russian table tennis player. He won the doubles crown with Alexey Smirnov at the 2010 Slovenian Open. In 2011, he won a silver medal with Kirill Skachkov in the double event at the European Championships. His first appearance in a singles final on the ITTF World Tour was at the 2011 Polish Open. In 2012, he made it to the semifinals at the Japan Open by defeating Seiya Kishikawa, Koki Niwa and Joo Se-Hyuk consecutively. He also competed at the 2012 and

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. Shibaev and the French table tennis player Simon Gauzy also are known for having a feud, reaching the point of having an argument and a harsher physical contact after playing the 2017 ITTF-Europe Top 16 semifinals.

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* * * 1990 births Living people Olympic table tennis players for Russia Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Russia Sportspeople from Yaroslavl Olympiacos table tennis players Summer World University Games medalists in table tennis Russian male table tennis players FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Russia Table tennis players at the 2019 European Games Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-tabletennis-bio-stub