Elisabeth Maier (table tennis player)

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Elisabeth Maier (* 1967 ) is a former Austrian table tennis player . She was one of the best players in Austria in the 1980s.

Career

Elisabeth Maier played for the ATUS Judenburg club, which has been run by her father Alfred Maier († 2017), who later became president of the Styrian Table Tennis Association, since 1971. In 1983 she became Austrian youth champion in doubles together with Barbara Wiltsche .

From 1985 to 1988 and again in 1990 she won the Austrian championship in singles. There are also several front placements:

  • 1983: 2nd place in singles, victory in doubles with Dolores Fetter , 2nd place in mixed with Heimo Glanzer
  • 1984: Victory in doubles with Dolores Fetter
  • 1985: Victory in doubles with Sigrid Awart, victory in mixed with Stanislaw Fraczyk
  • 1986: 2nd place in doubles with Schell, victory in mixed with Stanislaw Fraczyk
  • 1987: Victory in mixed with Stanislaw Fraczyk
  • 1989: Victory in doubles with Schell, 2nd place in mixed with Ding Yi
  • 1990: Victory in doubles with Schell, victory in mixed with Peter Eckel
  • 1991: 2nd place in the individual

Between 1983 and 1991 she took part in four world championships and twice in European championships . It never came close to medal ranks. In the ITTF world rankings , she finished 71st in 1985. In 1994 she ended her career as a competitive athlete.

Elisabeth Maier has been married since 1994, goes by the name Elisabeth Egger and has two sons. She has been working for the community of St. Georgen ob Judenburg since 2007.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
AUT World Championship 1991 Chiba City JPN last 64 last 64 Agony 29
AUT World Championship 1989 Dortmund FRG last 128 last 64 last 64 20th
AUT World Championship 1985 Gothenburg SWE last 64 last 32 last 64 20th
AUT World Championship 1983 Tokyo JPN last 128 last 64 Agony 16

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NOE TT News 1984/5 page 16 (PDF file; 1.70 MB) (accessed on May 24, 2012)
  2. ^ Alfred Maier obituary: Alfred Maier died at the age of 73. (accessed on May 3, 2017)
  3. ↑ NOE TT-Nachrichten 1983/1 page 34 (PDF file; 1.26 MB) (accessed on May 24, 2012)
  4. ↑ Handbook of ÖTTV, edition 07/2011 (accessed on May 24, 2012)
  5. ↑ Historical world rankings ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 145 kB) (accessed on May 24, 2012)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ittf.com
  6. ↑ Elisabeth Maier (table tennis player) biography on the website of the table tennis world association ittf.com (English) (accessed on May 24, 2012)
personal data
SURNAME Maier, Elisabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Egger, Elisabeth (after marriage)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH 1967