Christiane Watel
Christiane Watel (born April 14, 1934 ) is a former French table tennis player .
Watel won 19 titles at the French national championships , eight in singles (1951-1956, 1963, 1965), four in doubles (1951, 1955, 1956, 1960) and seven in mixed (1952-1956, 1963, 1964). So she has won the most women's singles titles to date (2009). She took part in the three world championships in 1954 , 1955 and 1957 . In 1965 she was ranked number one in the French ranking.
In March 1954 she took part in the first Franco-German international match after the Second World War in Koblenz .
She married in the late 1950s and then performed under the name Mathieu-Watel.
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA | World Championship | 1957 | Stockholm | SWE | last 64 | last 16 | last 32 | 7th |
| FRA | World Championship | 1955 | Utrecht | NED | last 16 | last 32 | last 32 | 4th |
| FRA | World Championship | 1954 | Wembley | CLOSELY | last 16 | last 32 | last 32 | 4th |
Web links
- Entry in the French database sportquick.com (accessed on September 17, 2012)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overview of the French championships (accessed on November 1, 2014)
- ↑ Magazine DTS , 1965/22 edition west side 6
- ↑ 40 years of the TTVR 1949-1989 - Chronicle of table tennis in the Rhineland, page 105 (accessed on November 1, 2014)
- ↑ Christiane Watel Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 12, 2011)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Watel, Christiane |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mathieu-Watel, Christiane |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1934 |