Steffen Fetzner

Steffen Fetzner (2012)

Steffen Fetzner (born August 17, 1968 in Karlsruhe ) is a German table tennis player. In 1989 he became world champion in doubles at the table tennis world championship in Dortmund together with Jörg Roßkopf . Between 1988 and 1996 he won six German championships in men's doubles with Jörg Roßkopf.

Career

"Speedy" Fetzner grew up in Spöck , where he played his first balls in the table tennis department of the gymnastics club.

The 1.69 m tall Fetzner achieved most successes in doubles with a Roßkopf. In 1986 the two won both the German youth championships and the European youth championships in doubles. They won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona . They became German champions six times. In the individual, Fetzner reached the final five times, but he lost each time.

Between 1985 and 2000, Fetzner played 206 international matches. He then ended his international career and worked as a player-coach at TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau until 2004 .

Since July 2005, Fetzner has been Vice President of the German Table Tennis Association with a special assignment. His field of activity included the Bundesliga and public relations. In April 2007 he became the head coach of a sports academy in Doha ( Qatar ).

Private

Fetzner has been married to Belinda Leimberg since July 1994 and has two daughters. His younger brother Dirk never reached Steffen Fetzner's skill level, but won the German Youth Team Championship in 1990/91 with TTG 1947 Walldorf.

societies

• 1974–1980: TV Spöck
• 1980–1981: TTV Ettlingen
• 1981–1983: TTC Langensteinbach
• 1983-1984: TTC Dietlingen
• 1984–1994: Borussia Düsseldorf
• 1994–1995: CFC Hertha 06 Berlin
• 1995–1996: Falkenbergs BTK (SVE)
• 1996-2004: TTC drawbridge Grenzau (also as player trainer)
• 2004–2008: Tennis Borussia Berlin
• 2008–2009: Hertha 06 Berlin
• 2010: SV Glückauf Möllen (district league, promotion to state league)
• 2010–2011: TV Limbach (promoted to regional league)
• 2011–2015: TV Mosbach
• 2015: TTC Kerpen Illingen
• 2016–2018: TV Mosbach
• since 2018: Oldenburg TB

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
GER	European Championship	2000	Bremen	GER		Quarter finals		2
GER	European Championship	1996	Bratislava	SVK	last 16	Semifinals
GER	European Championship	1994	Birmingham	CLOSELY		Semifinals
GER	European Championship	1992	Stuttgart	GER		Quarter finals
FRG	European Championship	1990	Gothenburg	SWE		silver	Semifinals	2
FRG	European Championship	1988	Paris	FRA		Quarter finals
FRG	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1986	Louvin La Neuve	BEL		gold
FRG	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1984	Linz	AUT		silver
GER	EURO TOP12	1994	Arezzo	ITA	11
GER	Olympic games	1996	Atlanta	United States	no participants	4th
GER	Olympic games	1992	Barcelona	ESP	last 16	silver
FRG	Olympic games	1988	Seoul	COR	no participants	immediately excluded
GER	Pro tour	1999	Karlskrona	SWE	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	1999	Linz / Wels	AUT	last 32	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	1999	Bremen	GER	last 32	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	1999	Hopton-on-Sea	CLOSELY	last 32	Rd 1
GER	Pro tour	1999	Doha	QAT	last 32	Semifinals
GER	Pro tour	1998	Sundsvall	SWE	Rd 1	Semifinals
GER	Pro tour	1998	Courmayeur	ITA	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	1997	Lyon	FRA	Rd 1	Semifinals
GER	Pro tour	1997	Squid	SWE	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	1997	Linz	AUT	last 32	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	1997	Gdańsk	POLE	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	1997	Zhuhai	CHN	Rd 1	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	1997	Chiba	JPN	Rd 1	last 16
GER	Pro tour	1997	Doha	QAT	last 32	Semifinals
GER	Pro tour	1996	Lyon	FRA	Semifinals	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	1996	Bolzano	ITA		Semifinals
GER	Pro tour	1996	Kitaku-Shu	JPN	Semifinals	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	1996	Kettering	CLOSELY		Quarter finals
GER	Pro Tour Grand Finals	1996	Tian Jin	CHN	last 16
FRG	World Championship	1999	Eindhoven	NED	last 64	last 16	no participants
GER	World Championship	1997	Manchester	CLOSELY	last 32	last 32	last 32	4th
GER	World Championship	1995	Tianjin	CHN	last 64	last 16	no participants	5
GER	World Championship	1993	Gothenburg	SWE	last 32	last 32	last 64	3
GER	World Championship	1991	Chiba City	JPN	last 32	Quarter finals	last 64	5
FRG	World Championship	1989	Dortmund	FRG	last 128	gold	last 64	7th
FRG	World Championship	1987	New Delhi	IND	Agony	last 32	last 128	7th
GER	World Doubles Cup	1992	Las Vegas	United States		Semifinals
FRG	World Doubles Cup	1990	Seoul	COR		silver
GER	WTC World Team Cup	1995	Atlanta	United States				2
GER	WTC World Team Cup	1991	Barcelona	ESP				9

literature

• Dietmar Fuchs: A short man with talent, self-confidence and the courage to be critical: Steffen Fetzner , DTS magazine , 1988/12 pages 38–40
• Dietmar Fuchs: The Rossi and Speedy story , seven-part series, DTS magazine , 1990/3 pages 36-37, 1990/4 pages 44-45, 1990/5 pages 48-49, 1990/6 pages 34-35, 1990 / 9 pages 42–43

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Magazine DTS , 1993/12 Page 54 + 54 + Page 1994/8 1999/2 page 19
2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1991/7 page 7
3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated August 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on August 23, 2011) 
4. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2016/4 page 52
5. ↑ ITTF statistics (accessed on September 6, 2011)