Elisabeth Willinger

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Elisabeth Willinger (* around 1947) is a former Austrian table tennis player . She was one of the best players in Austria in the 1960s and 1970s.

Career

Elisabeth Willinger played for the SV Vienna Police Club . From 1965 to 1974 she won the Austrian championship five times . In 1965 she replaced her sister Henrike Willinger as Austrian champion. In 1966 she defended the title and won it again in 1970, 1972 and 1974. There are also several top placings:

  • 1962: Victory in doubles with Henrike Willinger
  • 1964: 2nd place in singles, victory in doubles with Henrike Willinger
  • 1965: 2nd place in doubles with Henrike Willinger
  • 1966: Victory in doubles with Henrike Willinger, 2nd place in mixed with Günter Heine
  • 1967: 2nd place in singles, victory in doubles with Henrike Willinger, victory in mixed with Viktor Hirsch
  • 1968: 2nd place in doubles with Gabriele Smekal , victory in mixed with Günter Heine
  • 1969: 2nd place in mixed with Günter Heine
  • 1970: Victory in doubles with Gabriele Smekal, 2nd place in mixed with Günter Heine
  • 1971: Victory in doubles with Hildegard Hintner , 2nd place in mixed with Günter Heine
  • 1973: Victory in doubles with Hildegard Hintner
  • 1974: Victory in doubles with Hildegard Hintner, victory in mixed with Rudolf Weinmann

Between 1963 and 1971 she took part in four world championships and once in European championships . It never came close to medal ranks. By 1971 she was nominated 56 times for the national team.

Elisabeth Willinger's sister Henrike was also a national player and four-time Austrian champion in singles.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
AUT World Championship 1971 Nagoya JPN last 64 last 64 Scratched 14th
AUT World Championship 1969 Munich FRG Agony last 32 Agony 21st
AUT World Championship 1965 Ljubljana YUG Agony last 32 last 64? 18th
AUT World Championship 1963 Prague TCH Agony no participants Agony

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1963 she was 16 years old according to the magazine DTS , 1963/24 p. 3
  2. ↑ Austrian table tennis show 1971/3 page 52 (accessed on May 28, 2012; PDF; 3.6 MB)
  3. ↑ a b Henrike and Elisabeth Willinger are sisters - DTS magazine , 1963/24 West issue p. 3
  4. ↑ Handbook of ÖTTV, edition 07/2011 (accessed on May 28, 2012)
  5. ↑ Austrian table tennis show 1971/3 p.17 (accessed on May 29, 2012; PDF; 3.6 MB)
  6. ↑ ITTF statistics ( Memento of the original from January 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on May 28, 2012)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ittf.com
personal data
SURNAME Willinger, Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH around 1947