Viktoria Pavlovich (;

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: Viktoryja Uładzimiraŭna Paŭłovič; born 8 May 1978) is a

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ian

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player who plays for

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powerhouse Fenerbahçe SK. She won the women's singles at the 2010 and 2012

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. She was born in

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, and resides there. Her twin sister Veronika Pavlovich is an Olympic table tennis player as well. She competed 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 ...

, reaching the third round of the singles competition. She competed in both

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and doubles in 2004. 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 ...

she reached the fourth round.

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* 1978 births Living people Belarusian female table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for Belarus Sportspeople from Minsk Belarusian twins Fenerbahçe table tennis players {{Belarus-tabletennis-bio-stub