Jörg Roßkopf (born May 22, 1969 in
Dieburg
Dieburg () is a small town in southern Hesse, Germany. It was formerly the seat of the district ("Kreis") of Dieburg, but is now part of the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg.
History
The town of Dieburg was first named in 1492 in the tax books of the ...
,
Hesse
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) is a former professional
German
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table tennis
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player who is currently the head coach of the German Men's National Table Tennis Team. As a player, he won the title in Men's Doubles at the 1989
World Table Tennis Championships
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and the silver medal at the
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
in
Barcelona
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, with
Steffen Fetzner as his partner. In men's singles, he won the bronze medal at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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in
Atlanta
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and the gold medal at the
Table Tennis World Cup
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in 1998. As a coach, he was awarded the
ITTF Star Coach award in 2017.
Jan-Ove Waldner considered him to have the best backhand in the world, particularly against backspin.
He is one of seven table tennis players to have competed in the first five Olympics since the sport was introduced to the Games in 1988. The others are Swede
Jörgen Persson, Croatian
Zoran Primorac, Belgian
Jean-Michel Saive, Hungarian
Csilla Bátorfi
Csilla Bátorfi (born 3 March 1969 in Szombathely) is a Hungarian table tennis player. She competed at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1988 (when the sport first appeared at the Games) to 2004. She won several titles in European Championshi ...
, Serbian-American
Ilija Lupulesku
Ilija Lupulesku ( sr-cyr, Илија Лупулеску; born October 30, 1967) is a former Serbian and later American table tennis player who competed at the 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in ...
, and Swede
Jan-Ove Waldner.
He is sponsored by
JOOLA Table Tennis.
Outstanding career stages
*1998 – European Champion doubles
Eindhoven
*1998 – Winner of the World Cup singles
Shantou
*1996 – 3rd singles Olympic Games
Atlanta
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*1992 – European Champion singles
Stuttgart
*1992 – 2nd doubles Olympic Games
Barcelona
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*1989 – World Champion doubles with
Steffen Fetzner Dortmund
See also
*
List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
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References
1969 births
Living people
People from Dieburg
Sportspeople from Darmstadt (region)
German male table tennis players
Olympic table tennis players of West Germany
Olympic table tennis players of Germany
Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Germany
Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in table tennis
German table tennis coaches
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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