Csilla Bátorfi
Csilla Bátorfi [ ˈtʃilːɒ ˈbaːtorfi ] (born March 3, 1969 in Szombathely ) is a Hungarian table tennis player . She won several titles at European championships.
Beginning
Csilla Bátorfi is the daughter of the pediatrician István Bátorfi, who played table tennis in the Hungarian 2nd division in the 1980s. Her father introduced her to table tennis when she was 9 years old, and he became her first coach. After a few years in Tolna (1975–1984) the family moved to Budapest. Here Csilla Bátorfi joined the BSE association.
Youth successes
At the European Schools Championships in 1982 she won bronze in singles and with the team, in 1983 third place in doubles (with Krisztina Nagy ) and gold with the team. In 1984 she took part in the European Championships for young people and was the winner with the team, in individual she took 3rd place. In 1985 she was European Youth Champion in mixed with Carl Prean . In the same year she was nominated for the first time for the World Championship for adults. A year later she won the European Youth Championship both in singles (final against the German Ilka Böhning ) and in doubles (with Krisztina Nagy).
Adults
At the national Hungarian championships Csilla Bátorfi won the singles title in 1990, 1992 and 1993. She won the double competition in 1985 (with Zsuzsa Oláh ), 1988 and 1989 (each with Edit Urbán ), 1991 (with Gabriella Wirth ), 1992 (with Éva Braun), 1994 to 1996 (with Krisztina Tóth ), as well as 1998 and 1999 (with Krisztina Tóth). In mixed she won in 1993 with her brother Zoltán.
In 1985 she defeated the ATSV Saarbrücken team in the final of the Nancy Evans Cup with the BSE Budapest club .
From 1985 to 2005 Csilla Bátorfi was represented at all 13 world championships and at all 11 European championships . She won nine titles at the European Championships: 1986 singles and with the team, 1988 doubles (with Edit Urbán ), 1990 doubles (with Gabriella Wirth ) and with the team, 1994 doubles (with Krisztina Toth) and mixed (with Zoran Primorac ) and again in 2000 in doubles (with Krisztina Tóth ) and with the team. She won the European ranking tournament Top-12 in 1987, 1992 and 2001.
She was also represented at all five Olympic Games from 1988 to 2004.
foreign countries
In 1991 Bátorfi left Budapest. After a year in Kikinda (Serbia), she joined the German club TTC Langweid as a player- coach in 1992 , with whom she was German team champion seven times and national championship champion three times. After winning the European Cup in 1997, a street in Langweid was renamed Csilla-Batorfi-Weg . In 2007 Bátorfi left Langweid and moved to Italy. From 2007 to June 2011 she was the trainer of the Italian women's national team and has been living in Langweid again since July 2011, where she works as a freelance trainer.
Private
Her younger brother Zoltán is also a strong table tennis player. Since the 2016/2017 season she has played actively and regularly for the women's team of FC Bayern München eV
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | competition | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUN | European Championship | 2005 | Aarhus | THE | silver | |||
| HUN | European Championship | 2003 | Courmayeur | ITA | last 16 | silver | ||
| HUN | European Championship | 2002 | Zagreb | HRV | Semifinals | Quarter finals | ||
| HUN | European Championship | 2000 | Bremen | GER | last 16 | gold | 1 | |
| HUN | European Championship | 1998 | Eindhoven | NED | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | 2 | |
| HUN | European Championship | 1996 | Bratislava | SVK | last 16 | Quarter finals | 2 | |
| HUN | European Championship | 1994 | Birmingham | CLOSELY | Quarter finals | gold | gold | |
| HUN | European Championship | 1992 | Stuttgart | GER | Quarter finals | silver | Semifinals | |
| HUN | European Championship | 1990 | Gothenburg | SWE | Quarter finals | gold | 1 | |
| HUN | European Championship | 1988 | Paris | FRA | last 16 | gold | ||
| HUN | European Championship | 1986 | Prague | TCH | gold | Quarter finals | 1 | |
| HUN | European Youth Championship (Cadets) | 1983 | Malmo | SWE | 1 | |||
| HUN | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 1986 | Louvin La Neuve | BEL | gold | gold | ||
| HUN | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 1985 | The hague | NED | gold | |||
| HUN | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 1984 | Linz | AUT | Semifinals | 1 | ||
| HUN | EURO TOP12 | 2004 | Frankfurt | GER | 9th place | |||
| HUN | EURO TOP12 | 2003 | Saarbrücken | GER | 9th place | |||
| HUN | EURO TOP12 | 2002 | Rotterdam | NED | 9 | |||
| HUN | EURO TOP12 | 2001 | catfish | AUT | 1 | |||
| HUN | EURO TOP12 | 2000 | Alassio | ITA | 7th | |||
| HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1999 | Split | HRV | 5 | |||
| HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1998 | Halmstad | SWE | 3 | |||
| HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1996 | Charleroi | BEL | 2 | |||
| HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1995 | Dijon | FRA | 7th | |||
| HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1994 | Arezzo | ITA | 9 | |||
| HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1993 | Copenhagen | THE | 5 | |||
| HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1992 | Vienna | AUT | 1 | |||
| HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1991 | Hertogenbosch | NED | 5 | |||
| HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1990 | Hanover | FRG | 7th | |||
| HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1989 | Charleroi | BEL | 2 | |||
| HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1987 | Basel | SUI | 1 | |||
| HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1986 | Sodertalje | SWE | 7th | |||
| HUN | Olympic games | 2004 | Athens | GRE | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| HUN | Olympic games | 2000 | Sydney | OUT | last 32 | 4th | ||
| HUN | Olympic games | 1996 | Atlanta | United States | last 16 | excluded in 1st round | ||
| HUN | Olympic games | 1992 | Barcelona | ESP | last 16 | no participants | ||
| HUN | Olympic games | 1988 | Seoul | COR | immediately excluded | 8th | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2006 | Doha | QAT | Quarter finals | |||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2005 | Magdeburg | GER | last 16 | |||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2005 | Yokohama | JPN | Semifinals | |||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2005 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | silver | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2005 | Zagreb | HRV | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2004 | catfish | AUT | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2004 | Leipzig | GER | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2004 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | last 16 | gold | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2004 | Santiago | CHI | Quarter finals | gold | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2004 | Athens | GRE | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2004 | Croatia | HRV | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2003 | Malmo | SWE | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2003 | Bremen | GER | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2003 | Rio | BRA | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2003 | Croatia | HRV | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2002 | Farum | THE | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2002 | Eindhoven | NED | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2002 | Magdeburg | GER | last 16 | Scratched | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2002 | catfish | AUT | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2001 | Rotterdam | NED | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2001 | Bayreuth | GER | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2001 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2000 | Warsaw | POLE | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2000 | Toulouse | FRA | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2000 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 2000 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 1999 | Lievin | FRA | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 1999 | Linz / Wels | AUT | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 1999 | Bremen | GER | last 32 | gold | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 1999 | Kobe City | JPN | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 1999 | Guilin | CHN | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 1999 | Doha | QAT | Quarter finals | gold | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 1998 | Courmayeur | ITA | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 1998 | Zagreb | HRV | last 32 | gold | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 1997 | Squid | SWE | Semifinals | last 16 | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 1997 | Linz | AUT | Semifinals | Quarter finals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 1997 | Zhuhai | CHN | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 1997 | Chiba | JPN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 1997 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 1996 | Boras | SWE | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 1996 | Lyon | FRA | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
| HUN | Pro tour | 1996 | Bolzano | ITA | silver | |||
| HUN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 1999 | Sydney | OUT | Quarter finals | |||
| HUN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 1996 | Tian Jin | CHN | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| HUN | World Championship | 2005 | Shanghai | CHN | last 32 | Quarter finals | last 128 | |
| HUN | World Championship | 2004 | Doha | QAT | 8th | |||
| HUN | World Championship | 2003 | Paris | FRA | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| HUN | World Championship | 2001 | Osaka | JPN | last 32 | last 16 | no participants | 7th |
| HUN | World Championship | 2000 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 9-12 | |||
| HUN | World Championship | 1999 | Eindhoven | NED | last 16 | Quarter finals | no participants | |
| HUN | World Championship | 1997 | Manchester | CLOSELY | last 32 | last 16 | last 32 | 11 |
| HUN | World Championship | 1995 | Tianjin | CHN | last 16 | Semifinals | no participants | 7th |
| HUN | World Championship | 1993 | Gothenburg | SWE | last 32 | last 32 | last 32 | 11 |
| HUN | World Championship | 1991 | Chiba City | JPN | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | last 64 | 4th |
| HUN | World Championship | 1989 | Dortmund | FRG | last 32 | last 16 | last 128 | 4th |
| HUN | World Championship | 1987 | New Delhi | IND | last 16 | last 16 | last 64 | 3 |
| HUN | World Championship | 1985 | Gothenburg | SWE | last 32 | last 32 | last 16 | 6th |
| HUN | World cup | 1998 | Taipei | TPE | 9-12 space | |||
| HUN | World cup | 1997 | Shanghai | CHN | 9-12 space | |||
| HUN | World Doubles Cup | 1990 | Seoul | COR | Quarter finals | |||
| HUN | WTC World Team Cup | 1995 | Atlanta | United States | 3 | |||
| HUN | WTC World Team Cup | 1994 | Nimes | FRA | 5 | |||
| HUN | WTC World Team Cup | 1991 | Barcelona | ESP | 5 | |||
| HUN | WTC World Team Cup | 1990 | Hokkaido, Aomori, Niig | JPN | 5 |
literature
- Mihály Kozák: 25 variations - and the trend is rising: Csilla Bátorfi , DTS magazine , 1986/17, pages 11–13
- RA: Miss Langweid , DTS magazine , 2001/7, page 15
Web links
- Biography on vdtt.de - from the web archive ( Memento from August 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on October 28, 2013)
- Csilla Batorfi - The Art of Table Tennis (Homepage of Batorfi)
Individual evidence
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1997/7 page 15
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2007/6, page 48
- ↑ Careers ( Memento from May 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on January 5, 2016)
- ↑ Csilla Bátorfi Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 4, 2011)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bátorfi, Csilla |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Szombathely |