Bastian Steger

Bastian Steger
Forehand study by Bastian Steger
Nation:	Germany
Date of birth:	March 19, 1981
Place of birth:	Oberviechtach
Playing hand:	Right handed
How to play:	Shakehand
Current world rankings :	112 (February 2020)
Best world ranking :	18 (Sep + Oct 2014)
Current continental ranking position:	53 (February 2020)
Clubs as active: 1990 ASV Fronberg TSV Kareth-Lappersdorf -2000 DJK SB Regensburg 2000-2006 Borussia Düsseldorf 2006-2010 TTC Frickenhausen 2010-2014 1. FC Saarbrücken 2014-2019 SV Werder Bremen 2019 TSV Bad Königshofen
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Bastian Steger (born March 19, 1981 in Oberviechtach ) is a German table tennis player . Since the 2014/15 season he played for the table tennis Bundesliga club SV Werder Bremen . For the 2019/20 season he moved to TSV Bad Königshofen . The right-handed attacking player plays in shakehand style. His special shot is the backhand topspin .

youth

At the age of seven Bastian Steger came to table tennis under the guidance of his father. In 1990 he was the winner of the popular mini-championships . After that he devoted himself more intensively to table tennis, but gave priority to a solid school education. Several victories at school and youth events in the state of Bavaria followed. In 1995 he was together with Daniel Demleitner German master of the pupils in doubles. In singles he reached the final of the juniors in 1999.

Establishment among the world's best

For the 2000/01 season, Steger moved to Borussia Düsseldorf in the 1st Bundesliga, and in September 2001 he made it into the top 100 of the world rankings for the first time . In 2002 he took part in a European championship for the first time and won silver with the team, just like the following year , in which he also played his first world championship and became German champion with Borussia Düsseldorf. At the 2005 World Cup , he was among the last 32 and won bronze in the team in 2006 . This year he also switched to the Bundesliga club TTC Frickenhausen , with whom he was instant champion in the 2006/07 season . From 2007 to 2009 he was involved in Germany's first three European championship titles, in 2010 his first Europe Top 12 participation followed, which he finished with 9th place, and the silver medal with the team at the World Cup . For the 2010/11 season he moved within the Bundesliga to 1. FC Saarbrücken .

With the entry into the finals of the Pro Tour Finals in Korea 2010 Bastian Steger experienced his career highlight so far. Only in the final did he have to admit defeat to Jun Mizutani from Japan after he had previously thrown teammate Dimitrij Ovtcharov and former Olympic champion Ryu Seung-min from the tournament. By participating in the finals, Bastian Steger climbed to 22nd place in the world rankings in January 2011, and at the European Championships in the same year he won his fourth gold medal with the team.

On March 6, 2011 he achieved a double triumph at the German championship in Bamberg: After his double victory with partner Lars Hielscher , he was able to defeat Dimitrij Ovtcharov in the final of the men's singles ; both finals were only decided in the seventh set. In March 2012 he was able to defend his title in the absence of the German record champions Timo Boll. In the final he again put Dimitrij Ovtcharov in his place in a seven-set match.

At the 2012 Olympic Games in London he reached the semi-finals with the German national team after victories over Sweden and Austria, which were lost 3-1 to China. Steger lost both in doubles and the decisive third individual. In the bronze medal game, the German team defeated Hong Kong 3-1. There was also silver again this year at the Team World Cup . At the European Championships in 2012 and 2013 , Steger made it to the semi-finals in each individual and won the bronze medal. In 2013 he lost to team-mate and eventual winner Dimitrij Ovtcharov 2: 4. He was also part of the team that won the title, but was not used.

For the 2014/15 season he moved to Werder Bremen . In September and October 2014 he achieved his best position to date with 18th place in the world rankings, but did not take part in the team world and European championships this year. His good placement enabled him to participate in the Europe Top 16 in early 2015, where he was eliminated with three defeats in the group stage. At the 2015 World Cup he was eliminated in the round of 64, so that this year he fell back in the world rankings and was not nominated for the European Championship . In the following months, however, he improved again, reached 8th place in the Europe Top 16 in 2016 and successfully took part in the qualification for the Olympic Games , where, as in 2012, he was part of the team and with Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Timo Boll Won bronze. His performance in the Europe Top 16, in which Timo Boll was missing, enabled him to take part in the World Cup for the first time . There he reached the round of 16, but missed three match points against Simon Gauzy in the sixth set and two more match points in the seventh set and lost 3: 4. By not participating in the 2016 European Championship , he was not represented at three European championships in a row, although he was one of the four best-placed Germans in the world rankings. At the Team World Cup he won silver again with the German team, although Boll, Ovtcharov and Franziska were only available to a limited extent due to injury problems.

Steger was a sports soldier and was a staff sergeant in the Mainz sports promotion group .

Play style

Like almost all top players, Steger is an attacking player. The specialty of Steger's game, however, is that he acts strongly on both sides and does not only rely on his forehand. He can fall back on a good back top spin and counter. This also allows him to be in an almost neutral position at the table, as he does not have to keep running around his backhand.

Awards

• 2008: 3rd place athlete of the year with the national team
• 2011: 1st place Saarland team of the year

Greatest successes

singles

• European Championship : Bronze 2012 , 2013
• German champion : 2011, 2012
• Pro Tour Grand Finals : Final 2010
• Slovenian Open: Bronze 2010

Double

• German champion : 2003, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2014
• DTTB-TOP-12 : Winner 2003
• Brasil Open: 2011
• Korea Open: 2010
• Slovenian Open: Silver 2010
• Polish Open: Silver 2009
• Australian Open: Bronze 2007
• Japan Open: Silver 2002
• Italian Open: Silver 2002

team

• Olympic Games : Bronze 2012 and 2016
• World Championship : Bronze 2006 , Silver 2010 , 2018
• European Championship : Gold 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2011 , Silver 2002 , 2003
• Europaliga : Winner 1999, 2000 and 2001
• European Youth Championship: 1998
• German champion : 2003, 2007
• German Cup Winner: 2007, 2012

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
GER	European Championship	2013	Schwechat	AUT	Semifinals	Last 16
GER	European Championship	2012	Herning	THE	Semifinals
GER	European Championship	2011	Gdańsk-Sopot	POLE	Quarter finals			1
GER	European Championship	2009	Stuttgart	GER				1
GER	European Championship	2008	St. Petersburg	RUS	last 16			1
GER	European Championship	2007	Belgrade	SRB	last 16			1
GER	European Championship	2003	Courmayeur	ITA				2
GER	European Championship	2002	Zagreb	HRV				2
GER	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1998	Norcia	ITA				1
GER	EURO TOP16	2018	Montreux	SUI	Quarter finals
GER	EURO TOP16	2016	Gondomar	POR	8th place
GER	EURO TOP16	2015	Baku	AZE	13-16 space
GER	EURO TOP12	2012	Villeurbanne	FRA	9th place
GER	EURO TOP12	2011	Liege	BEL	5th place
GER	EURO TOP12	2010	Dusseldorf	GER	9th place
GER	Olympic games	2016	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	no participants			3
GER	Olympic games	2012	London	CLOSELY	no participants			3
GER	Pro tour	2013	Berlin	GER	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2013	Spala	POLE	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2013	Changchun	CHN	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2013	Doha	QAT	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2013	Kuwait City	KUW	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2012	Bremen	GER	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2012	Velenje	SLO	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2012	Budapest	HUN	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2011	Schwechat	AUT	last 16	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2011	Suzhou	CHN	last 16	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2011	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	last 16	gold
GER	Pro tour	2011	Dortmund	GER	last 64	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2011	Doha	QAT	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2011	Velenje	SLO	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2010	Warsaw	POLE	Quarter finals	Semifinals
GER	Pro tour	2010	catfish	AUT	last 64	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2010	Suzhou	CHN	last 64	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2010	Incheon	COR	last 16	gold
GER	Pro tour	2010	Berlin	GER	last 64	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2010	Kuwait City	KUW	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2010	Doha	QAT	last 32	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2010	Velenje	SVN	Semifinals	silver
GER	Pro tour	2009	Warsaw	POLE	silver	Semifinals
GER	Pro tour	2009	Sheffield	CLOSELY	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2009	Wakayama	JPN	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2009	Su Zhou	CHN	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2009	Bremen	GER	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2009	Frederikshavn	THE	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2009	Frederikshavn	THE		Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2009	Velenje	SVN	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2008	Warsaw	POLE	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2008	Berlin	GER	last 32			2
GER	Pro tour	2008	Salzburg	AUT	Quarter finals			5
GER	Pro tour	2008	Singapore	SIN	last 64	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2008	Daejeon	COR	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2007	Stockholm	SWE	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2007	Bremen	GER	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2007	catfish	AUT	Semifinals
GER	Pro tour	2007	St. Petersburg	RUS	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2007	Shenzhen	CHN	last 64	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2007	Taipei	TPE	last 32	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2007	Nanjing	CHN	last 16	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2007	Salwa Cup	KUW	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2007	Doha	QAT	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2007	Velenje	SVN	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2006	Warsaw	POLE	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2006	Bayreuth	GER	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2006	Yokohama	JPN	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2006	Guangzhou	CHN	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2006	Kunshan	CHN	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2006	Taipei	TPE	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2006	Kuwait City	KUW	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2006	Doha	QAT	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2006	Zagreb	HRV	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2005	Gothenburg	SWE	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2005	Magdeburg	GER	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2005	Yokohama	JPN	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2005	Doha	QAT	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2005	Zagreb	HRV	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2004	catfish	AUT	Quarter finals	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2004	Leipzig	GER	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2004	Aarhus	THE	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2004	Warsaw	POLE	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2004	Kobe	JPN	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2004	Changchun	CHN	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2004	Singapore	SIN	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2004	Pyeongchang	COR		last 16
GER	Pro tour	2004	Athens	GRE	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2004	Croatia	HRV	last 16	Semifinals
GER	Pro tour	2003	Malmo	SWE	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2003	Aarhus	THE	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2003	Bremen	GER	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2003	Kobe	JPN	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2003	Guangzhou	CHN	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2003	Croatia	HRV		Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2002	Farum	THE		last 16
GER	Pro tour	2002	Warsaw	POLE	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2002	Eindhoven	NED	last 64	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2002	Magdeburg	GER	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2002	Kobe	JPN	last 32	silver
GER	Pro tour	2002	Gangneung City	COR	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2002	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2002	Courmayeur	ITA	last 32	silver
GER	Pro tour	2002	catfish	AUT	last 64	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2001	Rotterdam	NED	last 64	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2001	Yokohama	JPN	Quarter finals	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2001	Seoul	COR	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2001	Zagreb	HRV	last 64
GER	Pro tour	1999	Bremen	GER	last 32
GER	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2010	Seoul	COR	silver	Quarter finals
GER	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2009	Macau	MAC	Quarter finals
GER	World Championship	2019	Budapest	HUN	last 128	last 64
GER	World Championship	2018	Halmstad	SWE				2
GER	World Championship	2017	Dusseldorf	GER	last 64
GER	World Championship	2016	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				13
GER	World Championship	2015	Suzhou	CHN	last 64	last 32
GER	World Championship	2013	Paris	FRA	last 64	last 16
GER	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				2
GER	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 16	Quarter finals
GER	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				2
GER	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	last 64	last 16	last 32
GER	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				7th
GER	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 32	last 32	last 128
GER	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				3
GER	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	last 32	last 32	last 64
GER	World Championship	2003	Paris	FRA	last 128	last 32	last 64
GER	World cup	2016	Saarbrücken	GER	last 16
GER	World cup	2011	Magdeburg	GER				3rd place
GER	WTC World Team Cup	2013	Guangzhou	CHN				5th place
GER	WTC World Team Cup	2009	Linz	AUT	3rd place
GER	WTC World Team Cup	2007	Magdeburg	GER				5

literature

• Christian Efing: Bastian Steger - School is still ahead , DTS magazine , 1998/9, pages 26-27
• Matthias Goergens: Always full bottle , tischtennis magazine , 2005/8 pages 8–11

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bastian Steger is drawn to the Weser ( memento of March 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on December 23, 2015).
2. ↑ tischtennis.de - Liebherr Men's World Cup: Kristian Karlsson as the only European in the semifinals ( memento of the original from October 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed October 2, 2016).  
3. ↑ mytischtennis.de - Ovtcharov, Boll and Han lead DTTB line-up to the EM (accessed on October 9, 2016).
4. ↑ DTTB team in the semi-finals! Out for Japan! Sweden in a frenzy. mytischtennis.de, May 4, 2018, accessed on May 6, 2018 . 
5. ^ Bastian Steger Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on June 21, 2014).

Web links

• Bastian Steger biography on the website of the table tennis world association ittf.com (accessed on April 26, 2012)
• Bastian Steger in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) (accessed on June 21, 2014)