German table tennis championship 1953
The 21st national German table tennis championship took place on January 31st and February 1st, 1953 in Herford .
All disciplines showed new titleholders, no title from the previous year could be defended. Conny Freundorfer won the men's singles . That was the beginning of a series, because from now on he was to become German champion nine times in a row. Kurt Seifert came second, last year's winner Heinz Schneider came third. In the women's singles, Berti Capellmann won ahead of the defending champion Ilse Donath . The champions of the double competitions were Karl-Heinz Harmansa / Bernhard Vossebein for the men and Hannelore Hanft / Grete Herber for the women. In the mixed, Helmuth Hoffmann / Berti Capellmann won gold.
Men's singles
- Final: Conny Freundorfer and Kurt Seifert
- 3rd place: Horst Ilberg , Heinz Schneider
- 5th place: Kurt Braun , Anton Breumair , Willi Straub (Poppelsdorf), Matthäus Thurmaier
- 9th place: Helmut Hanschmann , Gerhard Kohlberg (Salzgitter), Günter Matthias , Peter von Pierer , Rudi Piffl , Heinz Raack , Heinz Reimann , Bernhard Vossebein
Other participants: Heinz Harst , Günther Regul, Werz, Berger (Württemberg)
Ladies singles
- Final: Berti Capellmann , Ilse Donath
- 3rd place: Astrid Horn , Liane Rödel
- 5th place: Edith Schmidt , Grete Herber , Hannelore Imlau , Martha Behrens , Gisela Batz (Hamburg), Uschi von Puttkamer , Hannelore Hanft , Margot Gloede , Inge Hess (Segeberg), Hertha Maier , Ursel Fiedler , Gertrud Stockbrügger (Bielefeld)
Men's doubles
Diagram semifinals / finals:
| Semifinals | final | |||||
| Karl-Heinz Harmansa / Bernhard Vossebein | ||||||
| Ingo Kiel / Helmuth Hoffmann | ||||||
| Karl-Heinz Harmansa / Bernhard Vossebein | ||||||
| Konrad Dettmer / Klaus Wilke | ||||||
| Konrad Dettmer / Klaus Wilke (Harsum) | ||||||
| Conny Freundorfer / Walter Than | ||||||
- 5th place: Anton Breumair / Alfred Großmann , Heinz Schneider / Rudi Piffl , Kurt Seifert / Willi Wüst (Wiesbaden)
Ladies doubles
- Final: Hannelore Hanft / Grete Herber , Berti Capellmann / Gerda Schlerth
- 3rd place: Inge Mittelbach / Annegret Thöle , Hannelore Imlau / Ursula Paulsen
- 5th place: Uschi von Puttkamer / Anita Haacke , Margot Gloede / Inge Hess, Liane Rödel / Inge Ristock , Martha Behrens / Franziska Henze
Mixed
- Final: Helmuth Hoffmann / Berti Capellmann , Helmut Hanschmann / Hannelore Hanft
- 3rd place: Bernhard Vossebein / Hilde Kraska , Heinz Schneider / Hannelore Imlau
- 5th place: Horst Ilberg / Hilde Kazmierczak , Klaus Wilke / Franziska Henze , Heinz Reimann / Liane Rödel , Conny Freundorfer / Hertha Maier
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Annual reports 1952/53 of the TT-Verband Württemberg-Hohenzollern, page 13 Online (accessed on January 28, 2018)
Web links
- DM 1952/53 - Association membership, compilation: Edgar Kemmer (accessed on November 22, 2018)
- German champions of women and men from 1931 (places 1-4) , table tennis archive by Hans-Albert Meyer (accessed on January 28, 2018)