Vladimir Samsonov

Vladimir Samsonov, also written Uladzimir Samsonau, is a Belarusian former professional table tennis player, born on 17 April 1976. He is known in China as the Tai Chi Master because of his superb all-around style, both offensive and defensive. Samsonov competed at six consecutive Olympics between 1996 and 2016, placing fourth individually in 2016 and equal fifth in 1996 and 2000. The English Wikipedia lead gives only these career facts, so this entry records his nationality, his birth date, his nickname and his Olympic appearances, and leaves his titles, his clubs and his match results to later sourced work.