| Rank | Event | Year | Location | |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 2 | Team | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | |
| 9 | Singles | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | |
| World Championships | ||||
| 2 | Team | 2012 | Dortmund, GER | |
| 2 | Team | 2010 | Moscow, RUS | |
| 9 | Singles | 2011 | Rotterdam, NED | |
| 9 | Singles | 2009 | Yokohama, JPN | |
| 9 | Doubles M | 2009 | Yokohama, JPN | |
| 33 | Doubles M | 2011 | Rotterdam, NED | |
| World Cup | ||||
| 5 | Singles | 2011 | Paris, FRA | |
| 5 | Singles | 2010 | Magdeburg, GER | |
| 5 | Singles | 2009 | Moscow, RUS | |
| 5 | Singles | 2008 | Liege, BEL | |
| European Championships | ||||
| 1 | Team | 2011 | Gdansk, POL | |
| 1 | Team | 2010 | Ostrava, CZE | |
| 1 | Team | 2009 | Stuttgart, GER | |
| 1 | Team | 2008 | St. Petersburg, RUS | |
| 5 | Singles | 2011 | Gdansk, POL | |
| ITTF Pro Tour | ||||
| 1 | Singles | 2011 | Korea Open | |
| 1 | Singles | 2011 | Brazilian Open, BRA | |
| 1 | Singles | 2010 | Indian Open, IND | |
| 2 | Singles | 2010 | Polish Open, POL | |
| 2 | Singles | 2009 | Danish Open, DEN | |
| 3 | Singles | 2009 | Korea Open, KOR | |
Nickname
Dima or Dimi. (tischtennis.de, 16 Nov 2007)
Hobbies
Playing billiards, going to the cinema, listening to music. (tischtennis.de, 16 Nov 2007)
Language(s) spoken
English, German, Russian
Club name
Fakel Gazproma Orenburg, Orenburg, RUS
Coach
Mikhail Ovtcharov [father], Jorg Rosskopf, Zhu Xiaoyong [DTTB] (tischtennis.de, 25 Aug 2011)
Handedness
Right (tischtennis.de, 16 Nov 2007)
Other sports
His father Mikhail Ovtcharov was a tennis player in the National team of the USSR. (brandfaktor.de, 25 Aug 2011)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He started playing in 1992 at the TSV Schwalbe Tundern club in Germany. (sport.ard.de, 28 Mar 2007)
Reason for taking up this sport
His parents encouraged him to play. (sport.ard.de, 28 Mar 2007)
Ambitions
It is my dream to go on a long holiday some time. (ittf.com, 25 Aug 2011)
Superstitions / Rituals
Folding the towel during a competition properly. (ittf.com, 25 Aug 2011)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"You should fight for every point and never give up." (brandfaktor.de, 25 Aug 2011)
Awards
He was nominated for Germany's Junior Sportsmen of the Year award in 2007. (team2008-duesseldorf.de, 16 Nov 2007)
General
FROM UKRAINE TO GERMANY
As a consequence of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, his family moved from the Ukraine to Hameln in Germany in 1992. (sport.ard.de, 28 Mar 2007)
DOPING
In September 2010 he was suspended by the German Table Tennis Association [DTTB] because they had found the forbidden substance, "clenbuterol" in the test sample. However in October 2010 the provisional suspension was lifted due to minute levels of the banned substance. (ettu.org, 22 Sep 2010; ittf.com, 15 Oct 2010)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008
