Ella Zeller-Constantinescu

Ella Zeller, 1955

Ella Zeller-Constantinescu (born November 26, 1933 in Moldova Nouă ) is a former Romanian table tennis player and functionary. She is a four-time world champion.

Active

Ella Constantinescu is the daughter of parents of German origin. In the 1950s she was one of the best players in Romania. At the national championships she won five times in a row in individual from 1957 to 1971. In doubles she won eleven titles, namely from 1953 to 1956 and 1958 with Angelica Adelstein-Rozeanu , 1959 to 1961 with M. Tompa and 1963 to 1965 with Maria Alexandru . She won seven times in mixed, in 1952 with Farkas Paneth , 1956 with Toma Reiter, 1957 and 1958 with Matei Gantner , 1959 and 1961 with Otto Bottner and 1963 with Dorin Giurgiucă .

Between 1952 and 1967 she played internationally for Romania. She won her first gold medal at the 1953 World Cup with the Romanian team. In 1955 she became world champion in doubles with Angelica Adelstein-Rozeanu . The doubles defended this title at the 1956 World Cup , plus gold in the team competition. There are also two silver medals with the team in 1952 and 1963 as well as five bronze medals: 1956 , 1957 and 1963 in singles, 1956 in mixed with Toma Reiter and 1957 in doubles with Maria Golopenta .

In 1958 she won the 1958 European Championship in doubles with Angelica Adelstein-Rozeanu . There are also two silver medals, in 1958 with the team and in 1964 in doubles with Maria Alexandru .

Functionary

After the end of her active career in 1967, Ella Zeller-Constantinescu worked for the Romanian table tennis association for 22 years as technical director and trainer of the women's national team. In 1988 she took over the office of Vice President at the European Association ETTU . She had to surrender this in 1992 because Hans Wilhelm Gäb became a German President and, according to the ETTU statutes, the Vice President cannot come from the same country.

In 1989 she moved to Germany. Here she worked in the DTTB General Secretariat until 1993 . She was a consultant for women's sports and international relations as well as head of the women's Bundesliga.

Honors

Ella Zeller-Constantinescu has been an honorary member of the ETTU since 1992 . In 1995 she was inducted into the ITTF Hall of Fame .

Private

Ella Zeller married Dan Constantinescu. Since his family took a different from the norm political views, Ella Zeller-Constantinescu fell out of favor for several years.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
ROU	Balkan Championship	1965	Sofia	BUL	silver	gold		1
ROU	Balkan Championship	1964	Athens	GRE	Semifinals	gold	gold	1
ROU	Balkan Championship	1963	Athens	GRE	silver	gold		1
ROU	European Championship	1964	Malmo	SWE	Quarter finals	silver
ROU	European Championship	1958	Budapest	HUN	Quarter finals	gold	Quarter finals	2
ROU	World Championship	1965	Ljubljana	YUG	last 32	Quarter finals	last 16	4th
ROU	World Championship	1963	Prague	TCH	Semifinals	last 16	last 32	2
ROU	World Championship	1957	Stockholm	SWE	Semifinals	Semifinals	last 16	2
ROU	World Championship	1956	Tokyo	JPN	Semifinals	gold	Semifinals	1
ROU	World Championship	1955	Utrecht	NED	last 16	gold	last 64	1
ROU	World Championship	1954	Wembley	CLOSELY	last 64	last 16	last 16	4th
ROU	World Championship	1953	Bucharest	ROU	Quarter finals	last 16	last 32	1
ROU	World Championship	1952	Bombay	IND	last 64	Quarter finals	last 32	2

Web links

• Biography on enciclopediaromaniei.ro (Romanian)
• SCI-News No. 98, March 2015, page 22 (accessed on May 3, 2015)

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• Successful around the globe , DTS magazine , 1998/11 page 31

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Romanian Championships Individual ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2008 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. . 
2. ↑ Romanian Championships doubles ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
3. ↑ Romanian Championships Mixed ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} DTS magazine , 1992/5 page 12.
5. ↑ DTS magazine , 1993/4 page 30.
6. ↑ DTS magazine , 1995/7 page 46.
7. ↑ SCI-News No. 98, March 2015, page 22 ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 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. (accessed on May 3, 2015).  
8. ^ Ella Zeller-Constantinescu Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 17, 2011).