Berti Capellmann

Hubertine "Berti" Capellmann (later Berti Pingel ) (born October 4, 1918 in Würselen ; † November 23, 2012 there ) was one of the best German table tennis players in the late 1940s and early 1950s . In 1953 she won the German championship in singles. Before that she was German champion in doubles three times.

Berti Capellmann's career

Capellmann practiced competitive sport until the mid-1950s. During this time, she completed 12 international matches. She took part in world championships twice. The attacking player celebrated her greatest successes at national level. From 1935 to 1939 and 1946 to 1954 she was represented at all German championships. The success: a German championship in singles, 3 championships in doubles and 4 championships in mixed. In 1953, the DTTB took them to first place in the national rankings.

Berti Pingel's career

After 1953, it was quiet around Capellmann. But it made a comeback in the mid-1980s. In the meantime she had married and started under the name Berti Pingel at national and international senior tournaments. She won several German championships in singles and doubles as well as several times the European championship in doubles with her partner Ursula Bihl.

Berti Pingel also played tennis. She was still active when she was over 85. She lived in Würselen to the end.

Awards

In April 2002 the city of Aachen awarded her the Karlssiegel for her success in table tennis. In 1984 she had already received the Charlemagne Seal of the city of Aachen, at that time for her regional success in tennis.

Sporting successes

• Participation in two world championships
  • 1951 in Vienna: quarter-finals in doubles (with Hilde Bussmann ), round of 16 in mixed, 9th place with the women's team
  • 1953 in Bucharest: Round of 16 in doubles, 9th place with the women's team

• National German championships
  • 1947 in Heppenheim: 4th place doubles (with Carduck), 4th place mixed (with Gerlach)
  • 1948 in Göttingen: 2nd place doubles (with Ilse Lohmann ), 1st place mixed (with Helmuth Hoffmann )
  • 1949 in Lübeck: 4th place singles, 1st place doubles (with Astrid Hobohm ), 1st place mixed (with Helmuth Hoffmann )
  • 1950 in Rheydt: 2nd place doubles (with Hilde Bussmann )
  • 1951 in Berlin: 2nd place singles, 1st place doubles (with Hilde Bussmann ), 1st place mixed (with Bernie Vossebein )
  • 1952 in Berlin: 1st place doubles (with Erika Weskott ), 2nd place mixed (with Helmuth Hoffmann )
  • 1953 in Herford: 1st place singles, 2nd place doubles (with Gerda Schlerth ), 1st place mixed (with Helmuth Hoffmann )

• International German championships
  • 1937 in Berlin: 4th place doubles (with Zimek), 3rd place mixed (with Dieter Mauritz )
  • 1938 in Krefeld: 3rd place doubles (with Spangenberg)

• Germany Cup
  • 1951 in Hanover: 1st place with WTTV
  • 1952 in Erfurt: 1st place with WTTV

• Senior tournaments
  • 1984 German Championship 60+ in Krefeld: 1st place doubles (with Maria Sammer)
  • 1985 German Championship over 60 in Krefeld: 2nd place singles, 2nd place doubles (with Maria Sammer)
  • 1986 German Championship 60+ in Baunatal: 1st place singles, 2nd place doubles (with Maria Sammer)
  • 1987 German Championship 60+ in Sindelfingen: 2nd place doubles (with Maria Sammer)
  • 1989 German championship over 60 in Krefeld: 2nd place individual
  • 1992 German championship over 70 in Zweibrücken: 1st place individual
  • 1993 German championship over 70 in Göppingen: 2nd place individual
  • 1994 German Championship 70+ in Flensburg: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Ursula Bihl)
  • 1995 German championship over 70 in Solingen: 2nd place singles, 1st place doubles (with Ursula Bihl)
  • 1997 German Championship 70+ in Würzburg: 1st place doubles (with Ursula Bihl)
  • 1998 German Championship over 70 in Neuhausen / Filder: 2nd place doubles (with Ursula Bihl)
  • 1999 German Championship over 70 in Lübbecke: 1st place doubles (with Ursula Bihl)
  • 2000 German Championship 75+ in Limburg: 1st place singles, 2nd place doubles (with Ursula Bihl)
  • 2001 German Championship 75+ in Bad Iburg: 2nd place singles, 1st place doubles (with Ursula Bihl), 2nd place mixed (with Hermann Fürderer)
  • 2003 German Championship 75+ in Erfurt: 1st place singles, 2nd place doubles (with Ursula Bihl), 3rd place mixed (with Hermann Fürderer)
  • 2004 German Championship 80+ in Lübbecke: 3rd place singles, 2nd place doubles (with Ursula Bihl), 1st place mixed (with Godizart)

• • 1997 European Championship 75+ in Gothenburg: 1st place doubles (with Ursula Bihl)
  • 1999 European Championship 75+ in Prague: 1st place doubles (with Ursula Bihl)
  • 2001 European Championship 75+ in Aarhus: 1st place doubles (with Ursula Bihl)
  • 2003 European Over 80 Championship in Courmayeur: 1st place doubles (with Ursula Bihl)
  • 2003 European Championship 85+ in Courmayeur: 3rd place individual

• societies
  • KBC Kohlscheid
  • 1948 to 1953 Aachener SV
  • from 1953 Alemannia Aachen

Results

The following overview shows their World Cup results.

Association	competition	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
GER	World Championship	1953	Bucharest	ROU	last 64	last 16	last 16	9
GER	World Championship	1951	Vienna	AUT	last 32	Quarter finals	last 16	9

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituary in the Aachener Zeitung from November 28, 2012, page 21 (accessed November 28, 2012)
2. ↑ For a long time the name Hannelore Weskott was in the official statistics , for example in the DTTB yearbook A Game for Life. 75 years of DTTB. (1925-2000) . The DTTB corrected the name in August 2010: https://web.archive.org/web/20151217214733/http://www.tischtennis.de/media/downloads/statistik/national/meisterschaften/NDM_ab_1930.xls (accessed on March 30, 2019)
3. ↑ ITTF database (accessed March 30, 2019)

literature

• Winfried Stöckmann: Berti Pingel is dead , table tennis magazine , 2013/1 regional West, page 7