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Borussia Düsseldorf
Borussia Düsseldorf is a table tennis club from the North Rhine-Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalian state capital Düsseldorf. It is Germany's most successful table tennis club and, with 78 titles, the second most successful German sports club after Wasserfreunde Spandau 04. In addition to the male professional team, which plays in the Bundesliga (table tennis), Bundesliga, the club also has women's, youth and disabled teams. Around 400 athletes were organized in the club in 2022. History Borussia Düsseldorf emerged as an independent table tennis club from the Polizei-Sport-Vereinigung PSV Borussia 02, which had been founded in 1949 as a merger of the clubs SC Grafenberg 02 and Borussia-Concordia 05. Under the leadership of Theo Sommer († 1960), the men's team advanced to the Oberliga. On May 2, 1984, the table tennis division of PSV was re-established as an independent club under the name ''Borussia Düsseldorf'', because it was hoped that this would have tax advantages. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borussia Düsseldorf Logo (2024)
Borussia is the Latin name for Prussia. It may refer to: ;Sports clubs: Unless stated, each club (multi-sport or not) plays association football * Tennis Borussia Berlin * Borussia Bocholt * Borussia Dortmund, multi-sport * Borussia Düsseldorf, table tennis only * HSV Borussia Friedenstal, multi-sport * Borussia Fulda, multi-sport * Borussia 06 Hildesheim (1946–2003) * Borussia Mönchengladbach, multi-sport * Borussia Neunkirchen * Borussia-Preußen Stettin (1937–1945) multi-sport * Wuppertaler SV, formerly Wuppertaler SV Borussia (2004–2013) multi-sport ;Other uses: * Borussia-Park, the stadium of Borussia Mönchengladbach * , a number of steamships including: * Corps Borussia Bonn, Bonn student corps * Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg, Heidelberg student corps * Borussia (anthem), ''Borussia'' (anthem), patriotic song from Prussia {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dang Qiu
Dang Qiu (; born 29 October 1996) is a German professional table tennis player. He is the first German-born national player playing the penhold grip style, in particular the modern two-sided penhold grip which allows him to play the reverse penhold backhand. In 2022 and at his first participation of a European Table Tennis Championships, he won the men's single title on first attempt. Career In June 2022, Qiu defeated Dimitrij Ovtcharov in seven games at the WTT Contender in Lima. The victory helped him reach world No. 10 in the ITTF world ranking. In August 2022, Qiu defeated Darko Jorgic 4–1 in the European Table Tennis Championships Finals. As the top-ranked player in German team, Qiu help the team advance to the final of 2022 World Team Championships later in October and winning the silver medal. On national level, he won the men's singles titles of the German National Table Tennis Championships in 2022 and 2023. At the European Games 2023 in Kraków, he won the men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcos Freitas
Marcos André Sousa da Silva Freitas (born 8 April 1988) is a Portuguese table tennis player who won European Championships medals in singles, doubles, and team events. He represented Portugal four times at the Summer Olympics. Career Freitas participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics where he got knocked out in the round of 64. In the same year he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles at the European Championship with Tiago Apolónia. Three years later at the 2011 European Championships, he went on to win the gold medal with his doubles partner Andrej Gaćina. He took part on his second Olympics in 2012, reaching the round of 32 in the men's singles and the quarterfinals in the team event with Tiago Apolónia and João Monteiro. In 2014, Freitas won the Europe Cup title by defeating Michael Maze in the final. He continued to win another title at the ITTF World Tour Czech Open in a seven-game final against Patrick Baum. He also helped the Portuguese men's tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Franziska
Patrick Franziska (born 11 June 1992) is a German table tennis player. He is currently sponsored by Butterfly and plays with FC Saarbrücken-TT in the German Bundesliga (TTBL). Career 2010 In 2010, Franziska won the junior boys singles gold medal at the European Youth Championships. He also won the Europe Youth TOP 10 in Slovakia. In December, he won bronze medals in men's doubles and men's team at the 2010 World Junior Table Tennis Championships. In this year, he joined the German National Team to win the men's team gold medal at the 2010 European Table Tennis Championships. 2021 Patrick Franziska represented Germany at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, where he won the silver medal with the men's team. In March, he entered the WTT Star Contender event at WTT Doha, but lost 11–9 in the fifth to Sharath Kamal. 2022 Franziska won bronze at the Europe Top 16 Cup. He finished second at the WTT Contender Tunis 2022, losing against Anton Kallberg in the men's s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steffen Fetzner
Steffen Fetzner is a male former table tennis player from Germany. From 1989 to 2000 he won several medals in doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships, in the World Table Tennis Championships, and in the Table Tennis World Cup. He also won a silver medal in the Olympic Games at Barcelona 1992. Career Fetzner represented Germany a total of 206 times during his playing career. He took part in three Olympic Games and seven World and European Championships. After retirement, he took up a head coach role at Aspire Academy Aspire Academy () is a sports academy based in the Aspire Zone in Qatar, founded in 2004 with the goal to scout and help develop Qatari athletes, whilst also providing them with secondary school education. History Aspire Academy was establis ... in May 2007. References 1968 births Living people Olympic medalists in table tennis German male table tennis players German table tennis coaches Sportspeople from Karlsruhe Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmond Douglas
Desmond Douglas MBE (born 20 July 1955 in Jamaica) is a British table tennis player. He lived and was brought up in the area of Handsworth, Birmingham, West Midlands. He was an attacking, left-handed, player, notable for his scissor jump smash. He was famous for his use of close to the table blocks on the backhand side, mixing pace with powerful topspin from his forehand side. Douglas was 11 times English Table Tennis champion, who peaked at equal World No. 7 and European No. 3. He represented Great Britain at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, in both the singles and the doubles, where he was partnered by Sky Andrew. Douglas played professionally in The West German Bundesliga for eight years, between 1977-1985. Douglas is still actively involved in table tennis, coaching throughout the country, including training some of the top young British prospects at the Youth Development Squad. He also coaches at Sutton Coldfield College anWoodfield Table Tennis Club Wolverhampton, Albrighto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilde Bussmann
Hildegard Bussmann (24 November 1914 – 10 January 1988) was an international table tennis player from Germany. She was born in Düsseldorf. Table tennis career From 1934 to 1939 she won eight medals in singles, doubles and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships. The eight World Championship medals included two gold medals in the doubles with Gertrude Pritzi at the 1939 World Table Tennis Championships and the team event at the 1939 World Table Tennis Championships. See also * List of table tennis players * List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, bu ... References German female table tennis players 1914 births 1988 deaths Sportspeople from Düsseldorf Table tennis players from Düsseldorf (re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Baum (table Tennis)
Patrick Baum (born 23 June 1987 in Worms, Germany) is a male table tennis player from Germany. He won the singles title at the 2005 World Junior Table Tennis Championships. Since 2008, he has won several medals in singles and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships, in the Table Tennis World Cup, and in the Table Tennis European Championships. In 2013, he defeated Dimitrij Ovtcharov in the round of 16 in the 2013 World Table Tennis Championships but was defeated by eventual champion Zhang Jike in the quarterfinals 4–1. See also * List of table tennis players This list of table tennis players is alphabetically ordered by surname. The main source of the information included in this page is the official International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) database. More detailed information about their careers is ... References 1987 births Living people German male table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2015 European Games European Games competito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Assar
Omar Muhammadi Muhammad Muhammad Assar (born 22 July 1991) is an Egyptian table tennis player. He won silver in singles and gold in team play at the 2011 Arab Games in Doha. He also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics in the Men's singles, but was defeated in the second round on both occasions. Career 2012 Olympics At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Assar competed in the men's singles, where he lost in the second round to Panagiotis Gionis, and the men's team event, where Egypt lost in the first round to Austria. 2016 Olympics At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Assar competed in the men's singles only. He lost in the second round again, this time narrowly losing 3–4 to Lei Kou of Ukraine. ITTF World Championships 2017 ''Men's singles'' Assar competed in the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships, seeded as number 50, facing off against Italian player Marco Rech in the first round, whom he defeated in a close match (4-3), having lost the first 3 sets. In the second round, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Preuss
Andreas () is a name derived from the Greek noun ἀνήρ ''anēr'', with genitive ἀνδρός ''andros'', which means "man". See the article on Andrew for more information. The Scandinavian name is earliest attested as antreos in a runestone from the 12th century. The name Andrea may be used as a feminine form, but it is also the main masculine form in Italy and the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Given name Andreas is a common name, and this is not a comprehensive list of articles on people named Andreas. See instead . Surname * Alfred T. Andreas (1939–1900), American publisher and historian * Casper Andreas (born 1972), American actor and film director * Dwayne Andreas (1918–2016), American businessman * Harry Andreas (1879–1955), Australian businessman and company director * Lisa Andreas (born 1987), English singer Places *Andreas, Isle of Man, a village and parish in the Isle of Man See also * San Andreas (other) References * – Dictionary of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Heister
Danny Heister (born 18 November 1971 in Zevenaar) is a Dutch professional table tennis player. Career highlights ;Summer Olympic Games: :1996, Atlanta, men's singles, 1st round :1996, Atlanta, men's doubles, 1st round :2000, Sydney, men's singles, last 32 :2000, Sydney, men's doubles, last 16 :2004, Athens, men's singles, last 64 :2004, Athens, men's doubles, last 16 ;World Championships: :1991, Chiba, mixed doubles, last 32 :1993, Gothenburg, men's doubles, last 16 :1995, Tianjin, men's doubles, last 16 :1997, Manchester, men's doubles, last 16 :1999, Eindhoven, men's singles, last 32 :1999, Eindhoven, men's doubles, last 16 :2000, Kuala Lumpur, team competition, 5th-8th :2001, Osaka, men's singles, last 32 :2001, Osaka, men's doubles, last 32 :2005, Shanghai, men's singles, last 32 :2005, Shanghai, men's doubles, last 16 :2005, Shanghai, mixed doubles, last 32 ; Pro Tour Grand Finals: :1997, Hong Kong, men's singles, last 16 :1997, Hong Kong, men's doubles, quarter final :2002, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharath Kamal
Achanta Sharath Kamal (born 12 July 1982) is an Indian former table tennis player. He is a ten time national champion. In 2019, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award. In 2022, he was awarded the Khel Ratna Award, India's highest sporting honour. He beat Joo Se Hyuk and Chuang Chih-yuan, world no. 8 and 16 respectively in 2015 28th Asian cup at Jaipur. He was awarded the Arjuna Award back in 2004. He announced his retirement from the sport in 2025. He won the gold at the Commonwealth Championship held at Kuala Lumpur in 2004. He won the gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, beating crowd fave William Henzell in the final and helped clinch gold in the team event against Singapore. He teamed up with Subhajit Saha to win the doubles gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. He won three medals in 2018 Commonwealth Games; Gold in men's team event; Silver in men's doubles; and bronze in men's singles event. Sharath qualified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |