Diane Schöler
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Diane Schöler (née Rowe) (born April 14, 1933 in Marylebone near London ) is a former British - German table tennis player . Between 1951 and 1973 she won 20 medals at world championships and 14 medals at European championships, the majority of them as British; In 1951 and 1954 she celebrated her greatest successes and was both world champion in doubles. From 1966 she competed as a German and won four of her medals.
Career
In 1933 twin sisters Diane and Rosalind Rowe were born. At the age of 14 they started playing table tennis seriously. They became a member of the Ealing club in western London, where the multiple world champion Victor Barna trained and promoted them athletically.
Diane was left handed. She played defense until the 1951 World Cup, after which she switched her style to attack. By 1966 she played more than 200 international matches for England and took part in 11 world championships during this time. She won the gold medal in doubles with her sister in 1951 and 1954. That's why they were often called the Rowe twins . In 1962 and 1964, Diane was European champion in doubles with Mary Shannon .
In early 1966 she married the top German player Eberhard Schöler , with whom she has a daughter. From then on she lived in Düsseldorf and was a member of Post SV Düsseldorf . She was nominated for a German international match for the first time in October 1966, where she lost her individual against Hungary in Weissenthurm . For Germany, she started four more world championships from 1967.
On April 27, 1973, she resigned from international competitive sport when she played her 70th and last international match for Germany.
Functionary and author
She then worked as a trainer and ladies' manager for the West German Table Tennis Association until 1997 . In 1993 she received the ITTF Merit Award . From 1997 to 2013 she was President of the Swaythling Club International . For her services to table tennis, she was awarded the Dr. Dieter Mauritz Memorial Prize awarded.
Known her books The Twins on Table Tennis , which she in 1955 with her sister Rosalind published, as well as the 1965 released Table Tennis .
successes
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World championships
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1951 in Vienna
- 1st place doubles (with Rosalind Rowe )
- 3rd place mixed (with Johnny Leach , ENG)
- 3rd place with Team England
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1952 in Bombay
- 2nd place doubles (with Rosalind Rowe )
- 2nd place mixed (with Johnny Leach , ENG)
- 3rd place with Team England
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1953 in Bucharest
- 3rd place single
- 2nd place doubles (with Rosalind Rowe )
- 2nd place with Team England
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1954 at Wembley
- Quarterfinals singles
- 1st place doubles (with Rosalind Rowe )
- 3rd place with Team England
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1955 in Utrecht
- Quarterfinals singles
- 2nd place doubles (with Rosalind Rowe )
- 3rd place with Team England
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1956 in Tokyo
- Quarterfinals singles
- 3rd place doubles (with Ann Haydon , ENG)
- 2nd place with Team England
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1957 in Stockholm
- 2nd place doubles (with Ann Haydon , ENG)
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1959 in Dortmund
- 3rd place doubles (with Ann Haydon , ENG)
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1961 in Beijing
- Quarterfinals singles
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1963 in Prague
- 2nd place doubles (with Mary Shannon , ENG)
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1965 in Ljubljana
- 3rd place with Team England
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1967 in Stockholm
- 1. Participation for Germany, not used in a team
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1969 in Munich
- 5th place with Team Germany
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1971 in Nagoya
- 3rd place mixed (with Eberhard Schöler )
- 7th place with Team Germany
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1973 in Sarajevo
- 7th place with Team Germany
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1951 in Vienna
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European championships
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1958 in Budapest
- Quarterfinals singles
- 3rd place doubles (with Ann Haydon , ENG)
- 1st place with Team England
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1960 in Zagreb
- 3rd place single
- 2nd place with Team England
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1962 in West Berlin
- 2nd place single
- 1st place doubles (with Mary Shannon , ENG)
- 3rd place mixed (with Robert Stevens, ENG)
- 2nd place with Team England
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1964 in Malmö
- 1st place doubles (with Mary Shannon , ENG)
- 1st place with Team England
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1966 in London
- 3rd place doubles (with Mary Shannon-Wright , ENG)
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1968 in Lyon
- 3rd place double (with Kathleen Best , ENG)
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1970 in Moscow
- Quarterfinals singles
- 2nd place doubles (with Agnes Simon )
- Quarterfinals Mixed
- 7th place with Team Germany
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1972 in Rotterdam
- Quarterfinals singles
- Quarterfinals doubles
- 2nd place with Team Germany
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1958 in Budapest
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Europe TOP-12
- 1972 in Zagreb: 8th place
- 1973 in Böblingen: 11th place
- International championships
- 1950–1955 England - 1st place doubles (with Rosalind Rowe )
- 1952 Netherlands - 1st place individual
- 1953 Netherlands - 1st place individual
- 1953 France - 1st place individual
- 1956 England - 1st place doubles (with Ann Haydon )
- 1956 Netherlands - 1st place individual
- 1960 Germany - 2nd place individual
- 1960 Germany - 1st place doubles (with Kathleen Best , ENG)
- 1960 England - 1st place doubles (with Catherine Best)
- 1961 Netherlands - 1st place doubles (with Rosemarie Gomolla )
- 1961 Wales - 1st place singles
- 1962 England - 1st place singles
- 1962–1965 England - 1st place doubles (with Mary Shannon )
- 1962 Netherlands - 1st place individual
- 1962 Wales - 1st place singles
- 1962 (Dec) Wales - 1st place singles
- 1964 Belgium - 1st place individual
- 1964 Ireland - 1st place singles
- 1964 Germany - 3rd place singles, 2nd place doubles (with Mary Shannon , ENG)
- 1965 Germany - 2nd place singles, 1st place doubles (with Mary Shannon , ENG)
- 1966 Germany - 3rd place singles, 1st place doubles (with Mary Shannon-Wright , ENG)
- 1968 Netherlands - 1st place singles, 1st place mixed (with Eberhard Schöler )
- 1969 Hungary - 1st place singles, 1st place mixed (with Eberhard Schöler )
- 1969 Belgium - 1st place doubles (with Agnes Simon ), 1st place mixed (with Eberhard Schöler )
- 1969 England - 1st place mixed (with Eberhard Schöler )
- 1970 Germany - 2nd place doubles (with Agnes Simon ), 3rd place mixed (with Eberhard Schöler )
- 1970 CSSR - 1st place mixed (with Eberhard Schöler )
- 1972 Germany - 3rd place doubles (with Edit Wetzel )
- 1972 Austria - 1st place doubles (with Agnes Simon )
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National English Championships
- 1960: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Jill Rook ), 1st place mixed (with Johnny Leach )
- 1961: 1st place individual
- 1962: 1st place singles, 1st place mixed (with Johnny Leach )
- 1964: 1st place singles, 1st place mixed (with Ian Harrison )
- 1965: 1st place mixed (with Chester Barnes )
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National German championships
- 1967 in Berlin: 2nd place singles, 2nd place doubles (with Wiebke Hendriksen ), 1st place mixed (with Eberhard Schöler )
- 1969 in Hagen: 2nd place singles, 2nd place doubles (with Wiebke Hendriksen ), 3rd place mixed (with Eberhard Schöler )
- 1970 in Frankfurt / Main: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Wiebke Hendriksen ), 3rd place mixed (with Eberhard Schöler )
- 1971 in Hanover: 3rd place singles, 1st place doubles (with Agnes Simon ), 3rd place mixed (with Eberhard Schöler )
- 1972 in Karlsruhe: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Agnes Simon ), 3rd place mixed (with Eberhard Schöler )
- 1973 in Munich: 3rd place singles, 3rd place doubles (with Monika Block ), 1st place mixed (with Eberhard Schöler )
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National ranking tournaments
- 1967 in Hagen: 3rd place
- 1969 in Siegen: 2nd place
- 1970 in Augsburg: 1st place
- 1971 in Duisburg: 2nd place
- Ranking positions
- 1953 ITTF world rankings : 5th place
- 1962 European ranking list ETTU: 3rd place
- 1970 German ranking: 1st place
- 1972 German ranking: 1st place
Results from the ITTF database
Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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FRG | European Championship | 1972 | Rotterdam | NED | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | 2 | |
FRG | European Championship | 1970 | Moscow | URS | Quarter finals | silver | Quarter finals | |
CLOSELY | European Championship | 1966 | London | CLOSELY | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
CLOSELY | European Championship | 1964 | Malmo | SWE | gold | Quarter finals | 1 | |
CLOSELY | European Championship | 1962 | Berlin | FRG | silver | gold | Semifinals | 2 |
CLOSELY | European Championship | 1960 | Zagreb | YUG | Semifinals | Semifinals | 2 | |
CLOSELY | European Championship | 1958 | Budapest | HUN | Quarter finals | Semifinals | 1 | |
FRG | EURO TOP12 | 1973 | Boeblingen | FRG | 11 | |||
FRG | EURO TOP12 | 1972 | Zagreb | YUG | 8th | |||
FRG | World Championship | 1973 | Sarajevo | YUG | last 64 | last 16 | last 16 | 7th |
FRG | World Championship | 1971 | Nagoya | JPN | last 64 | last 16 | Semifinals | 7th |
FRG | World Championship | 1969 | Munich | FRG | Quarter finals | last 16 | Quarter finals | 5 |
FRG | World Championship | 1967 | Stockholm | SWE | last 16 | last 16 | Quarter finals | |
CLOSELY | World Championship | 1965 | Ljubljana | YUG | last 16 | last 16 | last 64 | 3 |
CLOSELY | World Championship | 1963 | Prague | TCH | last 16 | silver | last 64 | 5 |
CLOSELY | World Championship | 1961 | Beijing | CHN | Quarter finals | last 32 | last 32 | 7th |
CLOSELY | World Championship | 1959 | Dortmund | FRG | last 32 | Semifinals | last 64 | 4th |
CLOSELY | World Championship | 1957 | Stockholm | SWE | last 16 | silver | Quarter finals | 4th |
CLOSELY | World Championship | 1956 | Tokyo | JPN | Quarter finals | Semifinals | last 16 | 2 |
CLOSELY | World Championship | 1955 | Utrecht | NED | Quarter finals | silver | last 16 | 3 |
CLOSELY | World Championship | 1954 | Wembley | CLOSELY | Quarter finals | gold | Quarter finals | 3 |
CLOSELY | World Championship | 1953 | Bucharest | ROU | Semifinals | silver | Quarter finals | 2 |
CLOSELY | World Championship | 1952 | Bombay | IND | last 16 | silver | silver | 3 |
CLOSELY | World Championship | 1951 | Vienna | AUT | last 32 | gold | Semifinals | 3 |
literature
- Elmar Schneider: Don't play anymore, but stay active. In: German table tennis sport . 15, 1981, pp. 10-11.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ German table tennis sport . 1966/20 issue south-west pages 6–7.
- ^ German table tennis sport . 1993/6 page 10.
- ^ German table tennis sport . 1997/12 page 32.
- ^ German table tennis sport . 2001/7 page 27.
- ↑ Diane Schöler Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 14, 2011)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schöler, Diane |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rowe, Diane |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British table tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1933 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Marylebone |