Elizabeta Samara

Elizabeta Samara (born 15 April 1989 in Constanța) is a professional Romanian table tennis player.[4][1] She won European titles in singles, doubles and team events at the European Championships and has represented Romania four times at the Summer Olympics.

Elizabeta Samara
Personal information
Born (1989-04-15) 15 April 1989
Constanța, Romania
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed, shakehand
Equipment(s)Butterfly, Jun Mizutani ZLC
Highest ranking13 (September 2014)[2]
Current ranking31 (20 February 2024)[3]
ClubCSA Steaua București
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Romania
World Cup
2012 Huangshi Singles
European Games
2023 Kraków–MałopolskaTeam
2019 MinskTeam
2023 Kraków–MałopolskaSingles
European Championships
2005 Aarhus Team
2009 Stuttgart Doubles
2011 Istanbul Mixed Doubles
2012 Herning Doubles
2012 Buzău Mixed Doubles
2015 Yekaterinburg Singles
2017 Luxembourg City Team
2019 Nantes Team
2010 Ostrava Team
2011 Gdansk-Sopot Doubles
2011 Gdansk-Sopot Team
2013 Schwechat Team
2015 Yekaterinburg Doubles
2015 Yekaterinburg Team
2021 Cluj-Napoca Team
2022 Munich Doubles
2023 Malmö Team
2008 St. Petersburg Team
2009 Subotica Mixed Doubles
2010 Ostrava Doubles
2016 Budapest Singles
2016 Budapest Doubles
2020 Warsaw Singles
Europe Top-16
2018 MontreuxSingles

Samara had represented different teams in club competitions, including Turkish club Fenerbahçe SK and Romanian CSA Steaua București.[5][6] On 26 July 2022, she agreed on terms with Greek club Panathinaikos.[7]

Personal life

Samara is an ethnic Aromanian, and was born in a family of Aromanians.[8]

Singles titles
Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2013 ITTF World Tour, Americas, Brazil Open Ankita Das 4–2 [9]
2014 ITTF World Tour, Czech Open Ai Fukuhara 4–3 [9]
2015 ITTF World Tour, Qatar Open Han Ying 4–0 [9]
European Championships Li Jie 4–3 [10]

References
  1. "Eliza Samara". olympedia.org. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  2. "ITTF World Ranking Progression". ittf.com. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  3. "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  4. "Elizabeta Samara". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013.
  5. "Melek ile Elizabeta Avrupa'nın en iyileri arasında" (in Turkish). fenerbahce.org. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  6. "Eliza Samara prezentata oficial la Steaua" (in Romanian). csasteaua.ro. 3 July 2017.
  7. "Στο «τριφύλλι» η Σαμάρα" (in Greek). Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  8. Ștefan, Alex (5 October 2015). "Eliza Samara: povestea campioanei europene și incredibila asemănare dintre ea și Simona Halep". Adevărul (in Romanian).
  9. "Finals". ittf.com. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  10. "Romanian Elizabeta Samara wins gold at the European table tennis championships". romania-insider.com. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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