Christian Suess

Christian Suess
Timo Boll (left) and Christian Süß (right)
Nation:	Germany
Date of birth:	July 28, 1985
Place of birth:	Awls
Playing hand:	Right handed
How to play:	Shakehand
Best world ranking :	17 (Nov 2010)
Clubs as active: -1991 Ahlener SG 1991-1998 TTC Grünweiß Bad Hamm 1999-2000 TSG Duelmen 2000-2001 TTC Altena 2001-2014 Borussia Düsseldorf 2014-2015 TTC Fulda-Maberzell 2018-2019 SV Union Velbert 2019 DJK Franz-Sales-Haus Essen

Christian Süß (born July 28, 1985 in Ahlen , Westphalia ) is a former German table tennis player . With the German team he won four European championships, one Olympic silver and two World Cup silver, in doubles he was also four times European champion and 2005 vice world champion and won gold at the Pro Tour Grand Finals in 2005 and 2009. In 2015 he ended his career as Athlete.

Career

At the age of six, Christian Süß left his hometown club Ahlener SG and joined the TTC Grünweiß Bad Hamm , where he stayed until 1998. He then played for one season with TSG Dülmen in the regional league. In 2000 he helped the TTC Altena to move up from the top league to the regional league. He has been under contract with Borussia Düsseldorf since 2001 , with whom he has won the German team championship and the Champions League several times . In October 2003, Suss played for the first time in the national team, with which he won several European championship titles.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing he reached the final with the German national team after victories over Croatia, Canada, Singapore and Japan, which was lost 3-0 to hosts China. At the German championships in 2010 in Trier, he was the first time German champion in singles by winning the final against the favored Timo Boll .

In 2005, Süß was the first athlete to be awarded the Medal of Honor of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

In the 2014/15 season Christian Süß played for TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell , after which he ended his career as a competitive athlete for health and school reasons. In 2018 he joined the third division club SV Union Velbert , but was never used there. In 2019 he moved to the regional league club DJK Franz-Sales-Haus Essen. At the end of 2018 he was hired by the German Table Tennis Center DTTZ as an honorary trainer.

Since February 2014, Süß has been a student at the Wilhelm-Heinrich-Riehl-Kolleg in Düsseldorf .

titles and achievements

• Winner of the Czech Open in individual 2012
• German champion in men's singles: 2010
• Vice world champion in men's doubles: 2005 (with Timo Boll )
• European Champion in men's doubles: 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 (with Timo Boll)
• German champion in men's doubles: 2004 (with David Daus ), 2005, 2007 (each with Timo Boll)
• German champion in mixed doubles: 2005 (with Kristin Silbereisen )

• Silver medal with the team at the 2008 Olympics
• Vice world champion with the team: 2004 , 2010 , 2012
• Third in the world championship with the team: 2006
• European champions with the team: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

• Champions League winners with Borussia Düsseldorf: 2009, 2010, 2011
• ETTU Cup winner with Borussia Düsseldorf: 2007, 2011
• German team champion with Borussia Düsseldorf: 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
• German cup champion with Borussia Düsseldorf: 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013

• Second in the DTTB Top 12 : 2003
• Winner of the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Final in men's doubles: 2005 (with Timo Boll)
• Winner of the Japan Open in men's doubles: 2005 (with Timo Boll )

• European champion in boys singles: 2002, 2003
• European champion in youth mixed: 2002, 2003 (with Meike Rohr)
• European champion with the boys team: 2002
• Winner of the Europe Top 12 boys: 2003
• German champion in boys singles: 2001 and 2003
• Winner Spanish Youth Open: 2002
• European champion in student singles: 2001
• European champion with the student team: 2001

Game system

Attack (special shot: topspin ), right-handed, shakehand .

Material: Butterfly Tenergy 05 (forehand) / Butterfly Tenergy 05 (backhand) / Butterfly Zhang Jike SuperZLC (wood)

Private

Christian Süß has been married to the table tennis player Elke Schall since June 2012 . He has a daughter with her.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
GER	European Championship	2010	Ostrava	CZE	Semifinals	gold		1
GER	European Championship	2009	Stuttgart	GER		gold		1
GER	European Championship	2008	St. Petersburg	RUS		gold		1
GER	European Championship	2007	Belgrade	SRB	last 16	gold		1
GER	European Championship	2005	Aarhus	THE		Semifinals
GER	European Youth Championship (Cadets)	2000	Bratislava	SVK	gold			1
GER	European Youth Championship (Cadets)	1999	Frydek-Mistek	CZE	silver	silver
GER	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	2003	Novi Sad	YUG	gold		gold
GER	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	2002	Moscow	RUS	gold		gold	1
GER	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	2001	Terni	ITA	Semifinals
GER	EURO TOP12	2010	Dusseldorf	GER	5th place
GER	Olympic games	2008	Beijing	CHN	last 32			2
GER	Pro tour	2011	Dubai	UAE	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2011	Doha	QAT	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2011	Velenje	SVN	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2010	catfish	AUT	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2010	Suzhou	CHN	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2010	Berlin	GER	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2010	Doha	QAT	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2009	Warsaw	POLE	last 64	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2009	Sheffield	CLOSELY	last 16	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2009	Bremen	GER	Semifinals	gold
GER	Pro tour	2009	Doha	QAT	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2009	Kuwait City	KUW	last 16	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2009	Frederikshavn	THE	Semifinals
GER	Pro tour	2009	Frederikshavn	THE		silver
GER	Pro tour	2008	Warsaw	POLE	last 16	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2008	Berlin	GER	last 32			2
GER	Pro tour	2008	Singapore	SIN	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2008	Daejeon	COR	last 32	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2008	Doha	QAT	last 16	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2008	Velenje	SVN	last 16	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2007	Stockholm	SWE	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2007	Bremen	GER	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2007	Toulouse	FRA	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2007	catfish	AUT	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2007	St. Petersburg	RUS	last 64	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2007	Shenzhen	CHN	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2007	Taipei	RC	last 32	gold
GER	Pro tour	2007	Chiba	JPN	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2007	Seongnam	COR	last 16	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2007	Salwa Cup	KUW	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2007	Doha	QAT	last 64	silver
GER	Pro tour	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 64	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2006	Warsaw	POLE	last 32	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2006	Bayreuth	GER	last 64	Semifinals
GER	Pro tour	2006	Yokohama	JPN	last 64	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2006	Guangzhou	CHN	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2006	Kunshan	CHN	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2006	Taipei	RC	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2006	Kuwait City	KUW	last 32	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2006	Doha	QAT	last 64	silver
GER	Pro tour	2006	Zagreb	HRV	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2005	Gothenburg	SWE	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2005	Magdeburg	GER	last 32	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2005	Yokohama	JPN	last 32	gold
GER	Pro tour	2005	Shenzhen	CHN	last 64	Semifinals
GER	Pro tour	2005	Zagreb	HRV	last 64	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2004	catfish	AUT	last 32	Semifinals
GER	Pro tour	2004	Leipzig	GER	last 32	gold
GER	Pro tour	2004	Warsaw	POLE	last 16	gold
GER	Pro tour	2004	Kobe	JPN	last 64	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2004	Changchun	CHN	last 32	silver
GER	Pro tour	2004	Singapore	SIN	last 32	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2004	Pyeongchang	COR	last 16	Semifinals
GER	Pro tour	2004	Croatia	HRV	last 16	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2003	Malmo	SWE	last 16	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2003	Aarhus	THE		last 16
GER	Pro tour	2003	Bremen	GER	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2003	Kobe	JPN	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2003	Guangzhou	CHN	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2002	Eindhoven	NED	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2002	Courmayeur	ITA	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2012	Olomouc	CZE	gold
GER	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2009	Macau	MAC	Quarter finals	gold
GER	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2007	Beijing	CHN		Quarter finals
GER	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2006	Hong Kong	HKG		Quarter finals
GER	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2005	Fuzhou	CHN		gold
GER	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2004	Beijing	CHN		Quarter finals
GER	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 128	last 64
GER	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				2
GER	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	last 32		Quarter finals
GER	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				7th
GER	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 32	Quarter finals	last 32
GER	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				3
GER	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	last 64	silver	last 64
GER	World Championship	2004	Doha	QAT				2
GER	Youth World Championship	2003	Santiago	CHI	last 16	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
GER	World Junior Circuit	2003	Platja d'Aro	ESP	silver
GER	World Junior Circuit	2002	Platja d'Aro	ESP	gold
GER	World Junior Circuit Finals	2002	Stockholm	SWE	5-6th
GER	WTC World Team Cup	2009	Linz	AUT	3rd place
GER	WTC World Team Cup	2007	Magdeburg	GER				5

literature

• Marco Steinbrenner: Didn't celebrate medal wins great - Report from the 42nd European Youth Championship in Frydek-Mistek 1999, DTS magazine , 1999/9 regional West page 5
• Rahul Nelson: Staying cool is learned , DTS magazine , 2002/7 pages 35–37
• Matthias Goergens: Portrait - Nobody can bend krille , tischtennis magazine , 2006/3 pages 34–37
• René Adler: Victory of Reason , article about the end of your career, tischtennis magazine , 2015/6 page 12

Web links

• Player portrait on the homepage of the German Table Tennis Association
• Christian Süß biography on the website of the table tennis world association ittf.com (English) (accessed on August 5, 2011)
• Christian Süß Article about Christian Süß on the website of the table tennis world association ittf.com (accessed on August 21, 2012)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2005/5 page 6
2. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2015/5 page 6
3. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2018/6 page 7
4. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2019/8 page 7
5. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2018/12 page 6
6. ↑ Joachim Breitbach: I'll do something for my pear in the morning , Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung - website, February 13, 2014. Accessed March 4, 2015.
7. ↑ Table tennis wedding of the year in Düsseldorf ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 on June 26, 2012)  
8. ↑ Stella Helene enchants the Schall-Süß family ( memento of the original from May 10, 2017 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. Report on tischtennis.de from May 3, 2017 (accessed on May 4, 2017)  
9. ↑ Christian Süß Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 15, 2011)