Bojan Tokič
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| Full name | Bojan Tokić | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Slovenia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
13 January 1981 Jajce, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, (now) Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Shakehand, Offensive | ||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 25 (November 2011) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | FC Saarbrucken TT (Germany)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Bojan Tokič (born 13 January 1981 in Jajce, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, (now) Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Slovenian table tennis player of Bosnian origin.[2]
Career
Tokič's first competition was in Montpellier, France where he won the ETTU Cup. Via Cagliari, Italy and Ljubljana, Slovenia he transferred to SV Plüderhausen, Germany in the 2000/2001 season. He then went back to Slovenia to work within a training group, with which he stayed for three years. In 2003, he returned to Germany to play for TTC Frickenhausen. In 2005/2006, he won the ETTU Cup, the DTTB Cup and the German League with the TTC Frickenhausen. In the 2007 European Championships he reached the quarter finals in the men's singles competition.
Tokič has participated on 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China[3] where he lost in the third round to the eventual champion Ma Lin,[4] and the 2009 World Table Tennis Championships in Yokohama, Japan.[5][6][7] In 2010 Tokič attended the 2010 Slovenian Open international table tennis tournament.[8] In October 2011 he won a bronze medal in both the Singles and Doubles competitions of the 2011 European Championships. At the 2012 Olympics, he again lost in the third round, this time to Gao Ning of Singapore.[9]
He is in a relationship with table tennis player Monika Molnar.[10] Tokič is being sponsored by the company Tibhar.
Achievements
- Singles Bronze medal 2011 European Championships
- Doubles Bronze medal 2009 and 2011 European Championships[11]
References
- ↑ "FC Saarbrucken TT (GER) – Profiles". ecl-ettu.com. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ↑ http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=7219
- ↑ "Bojan Tokič napredoval po dramatičnem dvoboju" (in Slovenian). Siol. 20 August 2008. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
- ↑ "Beijing 2008 - Table Tennis - Men's Singles". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ↑ "Bojan Tokič premagal olimpijskega prvaka!" (in Slovenian). Delo newspaper. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
- ↑ "Bojan Tokič causes Korean despair, Kim Jung Hoon causes Korean Delight". ITTF NEWS. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
- ↑ "Double trouble". The Slovenia Times. 2 October 2009. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
- ↑ "Bojan Tokič already in Velenje". Velenje city. 20 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
- ↑ "London 2012 - Table Tennis - Men's Singles". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ↑ "Bojan Tokič v Tokiu dobil ženitno ponudbo" (in Slovenian). Dnevnik Newspaper. 21 April 2009. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
- ↑ http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/ ITTF Statistics (Retrieved 28 October 2011).