Erika Metzger

Erika Metzger (* ??; † ??) was a German table tennis player who lived in Berlin. In 1928 she won the first German medal at a table tennis world championship.

After Metzger won the international German championships in Berlin in 1927, she took first place in the German rankings in 1928 and 1929.

This made her the first woman to be registered for a world championship by the German Table Tennis Association . She was the only German to take part in the World Cup in 1928 . Right away, she took second place: In the final, she lost 3-0 to the then Hungarian world-class player Mária Mednyánszky . She also won the silver medal in mixed doubles. These were the first medals that German participants could win at a World Cup.

At the next World Cup, she achieved her greatest success: In doubles, she became world champion with Mona Rüster . They also prevailed against the favorites Mária Mednyánszky / Anna Sipos from Hungary.

After 1929 the traces of Erika Metzger are lost.

successes

• World championships
  • 1928 in Stockholm: 2nd place singles, 2nd place mixed with Dániel Pécsi (HUN), quarter-finals doubles
  • 1929 in Budapest: 1st place doubles with Mona Rüster , quarterfinals singles, quarterfinals mixed

• International German Championships
  • 1927 Berlin single 1st place, double 2nd place with Wirtz, mixed 2nd place with Dániel Pécsi (HUN)
  • 1928 Krefeld individual 2nd place, mixed 1st place with Dániel Pécsi (HUN)

• International championships
  • 1928 England singles 1st place, mixed 1st place with Dániel Pécsi (HUN)
  • 1929 Switzerland singles 1st place, doubles 1st place with Ingeborg Carnatz

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
GER	World Championship	1929	Budapest	HUN	Quarter finals	gold	Quarter finals
GER	World Championship	1928	Stockholm	SWE	silver	Quarter finals	silver

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Erika Metzger Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 12, 2011)