Danny Heister
Danny Heister (born November 18, 1971 in Zevenaar ) is a Dutch table tennis player and trainer.
player
Heister is left-handed. He won 31 titles at the national Dutch championships, 11 times in singles, 15 times in doubles and five times in mixed. From 1989 to 2007 he took part in all 12 world championships with the exception of 2004 . He was also nominated for the European Championships in 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2005. Here he reached the semi-finals in doubles with Trinko Keen in 2002 . In the European ranking tournament Europe TOP-12 he came in fifth in 2000 and 2002. He qualified for the 1996 , 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics . In January 2003 he was ranked 16th in the ITTF world rankings .
Heister was active in Germany for about 13 years. Coming from ACSF Fontenay Paris, he joined the Würzburger Kickers in 1994 . In 1996 he moved to TTV Gönnern in the Bundesliga , with whom he won the 1997 DTTB Cup. In 2003 he was signed by Borussia Düsseldorf . With Düsseldorf he reached the final of the ETTU Cup in 2006/07. In 2007 he returned to the Netherlands and joined the FV Teylingen club.
Heister is considered a fair sportsman. At the German Open 1999 he corrected a wrong decision by the referee to his disadvantage in the decision set against Bastian Steger at 20:19 deficit, which meant the final defeat.
Trainer
From the beginning of 2005 Heister worked as a player-coach for the Dutch national team. In 2009 he was the coach of the Dutch men's and youth national team. In June 2010 he took over the coaching position at Borussia Düsseldorf as the successor to Dirk Wagner . Here he won the triple of Champions League , championship and cup straight away in the 2010/11 season . A year later he led the team to the German championship title and winning the ETTU Cup . After losing injured players, Heister jumped in as a player in some games this season.
Private
Heister is married to his wife Nicoline. He has three children with her.
National successes
- Dutch championships
- Individual: 1991–1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001–2003, 2006, 2008
- Doubles: 1989 (with Frank Boute), 1992–1995 and 1999–2004 (with Trinko Keen ), 2005–2008 (with Barry Wijers)
- Mixed: 1989 and 1991 (with Emily Noor ), 2006–2008 (with Li Jiao )
- Dutch team champion: 2008, 2009 with FV Teylingen
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NED | European Championship | 2005 | Aarhus | THE | Quarter finals | |||
| NED | European Championship | 2002 | Zagreb | HRV | Semifinals | |||
| NED | European Championship | 1998 | Eindhoven | NED | Quarter finals | |||
| NED | European Championship | 1994 | Birmingham | CLOSELY | last 16 | |||
| NED | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 1989 | Kockelschever | LUX | Semifinals | |||
| NED | EURO TOP12 | 2003 | Saarbrücken | GER | 5th place | |||
| NED | EURO TOP12 | 2002 | Rotterdam | NED | 5 | |||
| NED | EURO TOP12 | 2000 | Alassio | ITA | 5 | |||
| NED | Olympic games | 2004 | Athens | GRE | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| NED | Olympic games | 2000 | Sydney | OUT | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| NED | Olympic games | 1996 | Atlanta | United States | immediately excluded | immediately excluded | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2006 | Bayreuth | GER | last 64 | Scratched | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2005 | Zagreb | HRV | last 16 | |||
| NED | Pro tour | 2004 | Leipzig | GER | last 64 | |||
| NED | Pro tour | 2004 | Aarhus | THE | last 32 | |||
| NED | Pro tour | 2004 | Chicago | United States | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2004 | Singapore | SIN | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2004 | Athens | GRE | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2004 | Croatia | HRV | last 64 | |||
| NED | Pro tour | 2003 | Bremen | GER | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2003 | Guangzhou | CHN | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2003 | Rio | BRA | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2002 | Farum | THE | last 16 | |||
| NED | Pro tour | 2002 | Warsaw | POLE | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2002 | Eindhoven | NED | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2002 | Magdeburg | GER | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2002 | Kobe | JPN | last 16 | |||
| NED | Pro tour | 2002 | Gangneung City | COR | last 16 | |||
| NED | Pro tour | 2002 | São Paulo | BRA | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2002 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2002 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | |||
| NED | Pro tour | 2002 | Cairo | EGY | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2002 | catfish | AUT | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2001 | Farum | THE | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2001 | Skovde | SWE | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2001 | Rotterdam | NED | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2001 | Bayreuth | GER | last 64 | Semifinals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2001 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2001 | Zagreb | HRV | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2001 | Chatham | CLOSELY | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2000 | Farum | THE | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2000 | Umeå | SWE | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2000 | Toulouse | FRA | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 2000 | Kobe City | JPN | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 1999 | Lievin | FRA | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 1999 | Bremen | GER | Rd 1 | Quarter finals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 1999 | Guilin | CHN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 1999 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 1999 | Hopton-on-Sea | CLOSELY | Rd 1 | gold | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 1999 | Doha | QAT | Rd 1 | Rd 1 | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 1998 | Sundsvall | SWE | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 1998 | Ji 'Nan City | CHN | Rd 1 | last 16 | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 1998 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 1997 | Lyon | FRA | silver | silver | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 1997 | Squid | SWE | Rd 1 | Quarter finals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 1997 | Linz | AUT | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 1997 | Zhuhai | CHN | last 16 | Rd 1 | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 1997 | Chiba | JPN | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 1997 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 1997 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 1997 | Doha | QAT | Rd 1 | last 16 | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 1997 | Kettering | CLOSELY | last 16 | silver | ||
| NED | Pro tour | 1996 | Boras | SWE | Quarter finals | |||
| NED | Pro tour | 1996 | Lyon | FRA | Quarter finals | |||
| NED | Pro tour | 1996 | Bolzano | ITA | Quarter finals | |||
| NED | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2002 | Stockholm | SWE | Quarter finals | |||
| NED | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 1997 | Hong Kong | HKG | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| NED | World Championship | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | last 128 | last 64 | last 64 | |
| NED | World Championship | 2006 | Bremen | GER | 18th | |||
| NED | World Championship | 2005 | Shanghai | CHN | last 32 | last 16 | last 32 | |
| NED | World Championship | 2003 | Paris | FRA | last 64 | last 64 | ||
| NED | World Championship | 2001 | Osaka | JPN | last 32 | last 32 | no participants | 12 |
| NED | World Championship | 2000 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 5-8 | |||
| NED | World Championship | 1999 | Eindhoven | NED | last 32 | last 16 | no participants | |
| NED | World Championship | 1997 | Manchester | CLOSELY | last 64 | last 16 | no participants | 16 |
| NED | World Championship | 1995 | Tianjin | CHN | last 128 | last 16 | last 128 | 14th |
| NED | World Championship | 1993 | Gothenburg | SWE | last 64 | last 16 | last 64 | 17th |
| NED | World Championship | 1991 | Chiba City | JPN | last 64 | Scratched | last 32 | 17th |
| NED | World Championship | 1989 | Dortmund | FRG | no participants | no participants | no participants | 12 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1994/6 p. 18
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1996/6 p. 29
- ↑ DTS magazine , 2003/3 p. 33
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1999/10 p. 6
- ↑ DTS magazine , 2005/2 p. 7
- ↑ DTS magazine , 2002/3 p. 30 + 2005/9 p. 7
- ^ Danny Heister Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 8, 2011)
Web links
- Danny Heister in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ) (accessed March 2, 2014)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heister, Danny |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch table tennis player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 18th November 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zevenaar |