João Pedro Andrade Selgas Monteiro (born 29 August 1983) is a Portuguese
table tennis
Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...
player. At the 2015 European Championships, he won the gold medal in the Doubles competition. He also competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in the
Men's singles, but was defeated in the second round. This was a round further than he managed at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
.
João Monteiro practices at the Werner Schlager Academy in Schwechat, Austria since the opening in 2011.
Personal life
In July 2013, Monteiro married Romanian table tennis player
Daniela Dodean.
References
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1983 births
Living people
People from Guarda, Portugal
Portuguese male table tennis players
Olympic table tennis players for Portugal
Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
World Table Tennis Championships medalists
Table tennis players at the 2019 European Games
Olympiacos table tennis players
European Games medalists in table tennis
European Games bronze medalists for Portugal
Sportspeople from Guarda District
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Portugal
Mediterranean Games medalists in table tennis
Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
21st-century Portuguese sportsmen
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