Frans Schoofs

Frans Schoofs 1964

Frans Schoofs 1968

Frans Schoofs (born March 22, 1939 in Amsterdam , † April 16, 2004 in Amstelveen ) was a Dutch table tennis player and trainer. He was the Dutch singles champion in 1958 and 1964 and played 158 times for the Dutch national team. In 1970 Schoofs became an honorary member of the Dutch table tennis association NTTB.

Career

Schoofs not only won national titles in singles. He was also Dutch champion in doubles in 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963 (all with Bert Onnes ) and 1967 (with Ed Berg ). In mixed he won in 1963 (with Ursula Artz ) and 1971 (with Ellen Klatt ), both two-time winners of the national championship in singles. Schoofs played for the clubs Nedlloyd, TTV Tempo-Team, Maccabi and Delta Lloyd (all Amsterdam).

From 1957 to 1971 Frans Schoofs was nominated for seven world championships , but where he never came close to medal ranks.

In 1973 Frans Schoofs ended his career as a competitive athlete.

After his active career, Schoofs coached the Dutch women's national team for several years. Here he made his debut at the European Championships in 1976 .

Private

Schoofs ran a sports shop in Amsterdam. He was married and had two children. His younger brother Bert was also an international.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
NED	European Championship	1960	Zagreb	YUG	last 16
NED	World Championship	1971	Nagoya	JPN	last 64	last 128	no participants	19th
NED	World Championship	1969	Munich	FRG	last 32	Agony	Agony	20th
NED	World Championship	1967	Stockholm	SWE	last 64	last 64	no participants	20th
NED	World Championship	1965	Ljubljana	YUG	last 128	last 32	Agony	20th
NED	World Championship	1963	Prague	TCH	last 128	last 64	no participants	21st
NED	World Championship	1959	Dortmund	FRG	last 256	last 128	last 64	17th
NED	World Championship	1957	Stockholm	SWE	last 64	last 128	last 64	17th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Oud-tafeltennisser Frans Schoofs overleden report on April 16, 2004 of the death (Dutch) (accessed on February 29, 2016)
2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1957/14 page 4
3. ↑ Table Tennis News No. 48, May / June 1972, page 17 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 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. 
4. ↑ Frans Schoof's results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on February 29, 2016)