Bernhard Vossebein
Bernhard "Bernie" Vossebein (born March 14, 1925 in Bochum ; † January 12, 2021 there ) was a German table tennis player . He was twice German vice-champion in singles and seven times German champion in doubles and mixed.
Career
Vossebein began his career at the Blau-Weiß Bochum and Post Bochum clubs . He then played for VfL Bochum in the 1946/47 season . After an interlude at ESV Blau-Rot Bonn from 1947 to 1950, he returned to VfL Bochum in 1950. Here he came to his 16 appointments in the national team and to the four times participation in world championships. Vossebein hit the headlines in the run-up to the 1956 World Cup . At first it was not considered by the German Table Tennis Association (DTTB) , which many criticized as not justified in terms of sport. In the end he was nominated, and a fundraising campaign was carried out to cover travel expenses.
Bernie Vossebein was twice in a final for the German individual championship and had to be content with 2nd place: in 1949 he lost to Dieter Mauritz , in 1956 to Conny Freundorfer . He had more success in doubles and mixed competitions, four times he was first in mixed, three times in doubles. In 1952 he was ranked 2nd in the DTTB rankings.
In 1958 Vossebein switched to the ETuS Wanne Eickel association. Around 1959 he retired from competitive sports. From then on he worked as a supervisor and trainer in the youth sector. From 1971 to 1987 he worked as an association trainer in WTTV not only for the active players (among other things he looked after the future German master Wilfried Lieck ), but also for coaching training. Since 1987 Vossebein has been a trainer at the TTC Altena club . He also trained the youth of the TTC Post Hiltrop.
Vossebein is the only German who has participated in more than 50 national championships as a player, coach and supervisor since 1942. In 1965 he was honored with the gold pin of honor by the West German table tennis association WTTV .
Private
Bernie Vossebein was a hairdresser by profession. He was married to his wife Christel and has two sons (Bernt and Lutz). He lived in Bochum until the end, where he died in January 2021 at the age of 95 as a result of a stroke .
successes
- Participation in table tennis world championships
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National German championships
- 1947 Heppenheim: single 3rd place, double 2nd place (with Jupp Schlaf ), mixed 1st place (with Ilse Lohmann )
- 1948 Göttingen: Mixed 3rd place (with E. Lohmann)
- 1949 Lübeck: singles 2nd place, doubles 1st place (with Helmuth Hoffmann ), mixed 4th place (with Karin Lindberg )
- 1950 Rheydt: Double 3rd place (with Helmuth Hoffmann ), Mixed 1st place (with Ilse Lohmann )
- 1951 West Berlin: double 1st place (with Karl-Heinz Harmansa ), mixed 1st place (with Berti Capellmann )
- 1953 Herford: Double 1st place (with Karl-Heinz Harmansa ), Mixed 4th place (with Hilde Kraska )
- 1954 East Berlin: Double 3rd place (with Karl-Heinz Harmansa ), Mixed 1st place (with Hilde Kraska )
- 1956 Dortmund: single 2nd place, double 3rd place (with Karl-Heinz Harmansa )
- 1957 Berlin-West: single 3rd place, double 2nd place (with Josef Wenninghoff ), 4th place mixed (with Gerda Schlerth )
- 1958 Neumünster: Mixed 4th place (with Inge Müser )
- 1959 Donaueschingen: Double 4th place (with Josef Wenninghoff ), Mixed 4th place (with Inge Müser )
- 1960 Essen: Mixed 4th place (with Hilde Gröber )
- 1998 Neuhausen / Filder - age group 65+: double 2nd place (with Anton Breumair )
- 1999 Lübbecke - age group 65+: double 2nd place (with Ernst Junker)
- 2001 Bad Iburg - age group 75+: 3rd place mixed (with Ingeborg Tremmel)
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Germany Cup
- 1948 Schwerte: 1st place with WTTV
- 1949 Recklinghausen: 1st place with WTTV
- 1950 Rheydt: 1st place with WTTV
- 1951 Berlin: 1st place with WTTV
- International championships
Vossebein was seven times international champion in singles and doubles (twice each in Luxembourg and Spain, once each in Denmark, Norway and South America) - Senior World Championship
- 1996 Lillehammer - 70+: double 2nd place (with Alfred Kocher)
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WTTV championships
- 2004 Ahaus - age group 75+: single 3rd place, double 1st place (with Ernst Junker)
Results from the ITTF database
Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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FRG | World Championship | 1959 | Dortmund | FRG | last 128 | last 64 | last 64 | |
GER | World Championship | 1957 | Stockholm | SWE | last 128 | last 16 | last 16 | 5 |
GER | World Championship | 1956 | Tokyo | JPN | last 128 | last 32 | last 32 | 5 |
GER | World Championship | 1953 | Bucharest | ROU | last 32 | last 32 | last 16 |
swell
- Winfried Stöckmann: Legend during his lifetime: Bernie Vossebein - The Lion of Bochum , DTS magazine , 1992/2 page 38
- Peter Hübner: Berni Vossebein celebrated anniversary - My 50th DM , DTS magazine , 1993/3 page 31
Individual evidence
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1956/6 page 1
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1955/24 West issue, page 15
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1985/3 page 25
- ^ Bernhard Vossebein results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 16, 2011)
Web links
- Winfried Stöckmann: A "Lion" turns 90 (accessed on January 13, 2021) [also published in the magazine tischtennis , 2015/3 Region 3 page 3]
- Peter Hübner: Berni Vossebein is 95 (accessed on January 13, 2021)
- SH: Berni Vossebein is dead / "With him an age of our sport ends" (accessed on January 13, 2021)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Vossebein, Bernhard |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vossebein, Bernie |
SHORT DESCRIPTION | German table tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1925 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bochum |
DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 2021 |
Place of death | Bochum |