1976 - Today
Vladimir Samsonov or Uladzimir Samsonau (Belarusian: Уладзімір Віктаравіч Самсонаў, Russian: Владимир Викторович Самсонов, born 17 April 1976) is a Belarusian former professional table tennis player. He is known in China as the "Tai Chi Master" because of his superb all-around style, both offensive and defensive. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vladimir Samsonov has received more than 244,712 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Vladimir Samsonov is the 11th most popular table tennis player (up from 14th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 133rd in 2019) and the most popular Belarusian Table Tennis Player.
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Among table tennis players, Vladimir Samsonov ranks 11 out of 79. Before him are Mária Mednyánszky, Zhuang Zedong, Jörgen Persson, Miklós Szabados, Richard Bergmann, and Agnes Simon. After him are Jean-Michel Saive, Mikael Appelgren, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Zoran Primorac, Stellan Bengtsson, and Ma Long.
1901 - 1978
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 5
1940 - 2013
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 6
1966 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 7
1912 - 1962
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 8
1919 - Present
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 9
1935 - 2020
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 10
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 11
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 12
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 13
1988 - Present
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 14
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 15
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.70
Rank: 16
1988 - Present
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 17
Among people born in 1976, Vladimir Samsonov ranks 135. Before him are Feist, Amy Smart, Jessica Capshaw, Diego Tristán, Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, and Barbara Schett. After him are Kevin Alejandro, Samuel Kuffour, Puma Swede, Rashida Jones, Keri Russell, and Ueli Steck.
1976 - Present
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 129
1976 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 130
1976 - Present
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 131
1976 - Present
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 132
1976 - Present
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 133
1976 - Present
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 134
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 135
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 136
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 137
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 138
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 139
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 140
1976 - 2017
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 141
Among people born in Belarus, Vladimir Samsonov ranks 144 out of 330. Before him are Leonid Taranenko (1956), Tamara Tyshkevich (1931), Walter Anderson (1885), Sergey Ling (1937), Boris Galerkin (1871), and Victoria Azarenka (1989). After him are Joseph B. Soloveitchik (1903), Sergei Loznitsa (1964), Vasily Rudenkov (1931), Sergey Gritsevets (1909), Nina Andrycz (1912), and Anna Missuna (1868).
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 138
1931 - 1997
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 139
1885 - 1962
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 140
1937 - Present
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 141
1871 - 1945
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 142
1989 - Present
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 143
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 144
1903 - 1993
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 145
1964 - Present
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 146
1931 - 1982
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 147
1909 - 1939
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 148
1912 - 2014
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 149
1868 - 1922
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 150
Among table tennis players born in Belarus, Vladimir Samsonov ranks 1. After him are Viktoria Pavlovich (1978).