Carl Prean

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Carl Prean (born August 20, 1967 in Ryde ( Isle of Wight )) is an English table tennis player . He has played in the table tennis Bundesliga for years (including Grenzau , Jülich and Saarbrücken ) and participated in the Olympic Games in Seoul , Barcelona and Atlanta . Since the 2006/2007 season he has been playing for the German regional division Post Sport-Verein Wuppertal, with whom he was promoted from the major league.

Teenager

Carl Prean began to play table tennis at the age of 8 and was encouraged by his father. As a 13-year-old he won the state championship for schoolchildren and young people. In 1981 he won the European School Team Championship together with Billy Gleave, and in 1982 he won the individual title in Hollabrunn.

In 1983 he took first place in the English rankings. In the same year he won the European Youth Championship in doubles (with Nicky Mason). In 1985 he became European youth champion in singles and mixed (with Csilla Bátorfi ).

Material and style of play

As a teenager, Prean played an "offensive material game". He uses a combination bat with long pimples and a 2.5 mm attack coating. He masters all offensive and defensive techniques with the long pimple rubber and turns the club during the rally. The two-color rule affected him a little less than pure defenders, as the reaction time was lower due to the faster game. However, due to the easy differentiation of the rubbers, it was possible to play the long pimple with a subsequent hard ball, which Prean was unable to counter. He plays with Juic Leggy 1.5 mm, a special blade designed for him, and Driva Smash 2.5 mm.

Adult

At the 1983 World Cup , with a score of 15: 4, he made a significant contribution to the bronze medal of the English team. In 1988 he was runner-up with the English team, and Prean beat Jan-Ove Waldner in the final . Prean was German champion with Saarbrücken in 1989 and Grenzau in 1991. He currently plays (2007/2008 season) on board 1 for Post SV Wuppertal in the Regionalliga. Prean only occasionally takes part in games, but is very successful. He is a three-time English champion in men's singles.

former clubs

Tournament participation

titles and achievements

  • European youth champion in singles 1985 in The Hague
  • 1st place Commonwealth Championships 1985 (team)
  • 1st place Commonwealth Championships 1995 (doubles)
  • 2nd place European Championship 1988 (team)
  • 2nd place European Championship 1992 (team)
  • ITTF Pro Tour tournament winner (Rio de Janeiro, 1996)
  • National English championship: 1991 winner singles, 1993 final victory against Desmond Douglas , 1995 final victory against Chen Xinhua

Private

Prean's mother grew up in Aachen, his father John Prean in Austria; from 1987 to 1991 he was chairman of the English TT association ETTA. In August 1985, Carl Prean received German citizenship, and from then on he had dual citizenship. This entitled him to appear internationally for England and at the same time to play in a German club despite the foreigners clause of 1985 .

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
CLOSELY  Commonwealth Championship  1995  Singapore  SIN   Semifinals  gold     
CLOSELY  Commonwealth Championship  1985  Douglas  IMN     silver    1
CLOSELY  European Championship  1994  Birmingham  CLOSELY   last 16       
CLOSELY  European Championship  1992  Stuttgart  GER         2
CLOSELY  European Championship  1988  Paris  FRA   last 16      2
CLOSELY  European Championship  1986  Prague  TCH   last 16       
CLOSELY  European Youth Championship (Cadets)  1982  Hollabrunn  AUT   gold       
CLOSELY  European Youth Championship (Cadets)  1981  Topolcany  TCH         1
CLOSELY  European Youth Championship (Juniors)  1985  The hague  NED   gold    gold   
CLOSELY  European Youth Championship (Juniors)  1984  Linz  AUT   silver       
CLOSELY  European Youth Championship (Juniors)  1983  Malmo  SWE   silver  gold     
CLOSELY  EURO TOP12  1993  Copenhagen  THE   11       
CLOSELY  EURO TOP12  1992  Vienna  AUT   11       
CLOSELY  EURO TOP12  1990  Hanover  FRG   5       
CLOSELY  EURO TOP12  1987  Basel  SUI   10       
CLOSELY  EURO TOP12  1986  Sodertalje  SWE   11       
CLOSELY  EURO TOP12  1984  Bratislava  TCH   12       
GBR  Olympic games  1996  Atlanta  United States   immediately excluded  no participants     
GBR  Olympic games  1992  Barcelona  ESP   last 16  immediately excluded     
GBR  Olympic games  1988  Seoul  COR   immediately excluded  immediately excluded     
CLOSELY  Pro tour  1999  Lievin  FRA   Rd 1       
CLOSELY  Pro tour  1999  Linz / Wels  AUT   Rd 1  Rd 1     
CLOSELY  Pro tour  1999  Zagreb  HRV   last 16  Rd 1     
CLOSELY  Pro tour  1999  Hopton-on-Sea  CLOSELY   last 32  Rd 1     
CLOSELY  Pro tour  1999  Doha  QAT   last 32       
CLOSELY  Pro tour  1998  Sundsvall  SWE   Rd 1  Rd 1     
CLOSELY  Pro tour  1998  Ji 'Nan City  CHN   Rd 1  Rd 1     
CLOSELY  Pro tour  1998  Melbourne  OUT   last 32  Rd 1     
CLOSELY  Pro tour  1997  Squid  SWE   last 32       
CLOSELY  Pro tour  1997  Linz  AUT   last 32       
CLOSELY  Pro tour  1997  Doha  QAT   last 32       
CLOSELY  Pro tour  1997  Kettering  CLOSELY   last 16  last 16     
CLOSELY  Pro tour  1996  Rio de Janeiro  BRA   gold       
CLOSELY  Pro Tour Grand Finals  1996  Tian Jin  CHN   Quarter finals       
CLOSELY  World Championship  1999  Eindhoven  NED   last 32  last 128  no participants   
CLOSELY  World Championship  1997  Manchester  CLOSELY   last 32  last 32  no participants  14th 
CLOSELY  World Championship  1995  Tianjin  CHN   last 32  Agony  no participants  13 
CLOSELY  World Championship  1993  Gothenburg  SWE   last 128  last 16  no participants  12 
CLOSELY  World Championship  1991  Chiba City  JPN   last 32  last 64  no participants  10 
CLOSELY  World Championship  1989  Dortmund  FRG   last 32  Quarter finals  no participants  9 
CLOSELY  World Championship  1985  Gothenburg  SWE   last 128  last 64  last 16  10 
CLOSELY  World Championship  1983  Tokyo  JPN   last 32  last 32  last 64  4th 
CLOSELY  World cup  1984  Kuala Lumpur  MAS   12       
CLOSELY  World cup  1983  Barbados  0   6th       
CLOSELY  WTC World Team Cup  1994  Nimes  FRA         5 
CLOSELY  WTC World Team Cup  1991  Barcelona  ESP         5 

literature

  • Rahul Nelson: The brain teaser among world-class players : Carl Prean is unique , DTS magazine , 1989/11 pages 18-21

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Isle of Wight Table Tennis Association (English) ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2006 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wightonline.co.uk
  2. ^ Carl Prean at British Olympic Association (Eng.)
  3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1981/5, page 12
  4. ↑ DTS magazine , 1982/16 page 10
  5. ↑ Magazine DTS , 1983/10 Page 12
  6. ↑ Westdeutsche Zeitung of September 2, 2006: "Table tennis: Sir Carl is now opening for mail"
  7. ↑ ttbl.de: 1986/87 to 1995/96 ( Memento of the original from July 7, 2017 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 December 30, 2015)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ttbl.de
  8. ↑ Carl Prean at click-tt
  9. ↑ champion Syed Faces Tough National Championships draw - Notification of 14 February 2002 (Engl.) ( Memento of 4 February 2004 at the Internet Archive ) (accessed August 29, 2012)
  10. ^ Chronicle of the TTC Jülich
  11. ↑ Chronicle of the TTC Altena from 1950 - 1982 (accessed on September 18, 2012)
  12. ↑ Magazine DTS , 1987/5 Page 22
  13. ↑ DTS magazine , 1989/5 page 19
  14. ↑ DTS magazine , 1991/3 page 22
  15. ↑ DTS magazine , 1992/6 page 13
  16. ↑ DTS magazine , 1994/6 page 18
  17. ↑ DTS magazine , 1995/6 page 47
  18. ↑ Magazine DTS , 1996/5 Page 23
  19. ↑ DTS magazine , 1998/8 page 8
  20. ↑ DTS magazine , 2000/5, page 40
  21. ↑ Change of club from Darlington to Wuppertal ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on August 21, 2012)
  22. ^ A b c Carl Prean Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com
  23. ↑ DTS magazine , 1991/5, page 41
  24. ↑ DTS magazine , 1993/5 page 37
  25. ↑ DTS magazine , 1995/4 page 33
  26. ↑ DTS magazine , 1991/2 page 25
  27. ↑ a b DTS magazine , 1987/5 page 12
  28. ↑ DTS magazine , 1985/9 page 17
personal data
SURNAME Prean, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH 20th August 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Ryde ( Isle of Wight )