Bert Schoofs

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Bert Schoofs (born October 18, 1945 , † October 19, 1993 ) was a Dutch table tennis player and trainer. In the 1960s and 1970s he was one of the top players in the Netherlands. He participated in five world championships .

Career

Bert Schoofs has been appointed to the Dutch national team more than 100 times. He played with the club Delta Lloyd Amsterdam in the top Dutch league. In 1970 he became national champion in singles, plus four wins in doubles with Carel Deken and four wins in mixed with Sonja Heltzel. He twice won the national ranking tournament "Top10". From 1963 to 1973 he was nominated for five world championships , but where he never came close to medal ranks.

In 1976 Bert Schoofs was hired by the Dutch Table Tennis Federation as national coach.

In 1993 Bert Schoofs died of the consequences of lung cancer. He was buried in De Rijp .

Private

Bert Schoofs was married and had two daughters. His older brother Frans was also a national player.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
NED World Championship 1973 Sarajevo YUG Agony last 64 Agony 21st
NED World Championship 1971 Nagoya JPN last 256 last 32 no participants 19th
NED World Championship 1969 Munich FRG Agony Agony Agony 20th
NED World Championship 1967 Stockholm SWE last 128 last 128 last 64 20th
NED World Championship 1963 Prague TCH last 256 last 64 last 128 21st

swell

  • Obituary, DTS magazine , 1993/11, page 54

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1977/1 issue Süd-West, page 30
  2. ↑ Frans Schoof's results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on February 29, 2016)
  3. ↑ Bert Schoofs results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on 29 February 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Schoofs, Bert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch table tennis player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1945
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1993