Hannelore men

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Hannelore Männer - later Hannelore Schneider - (* around 1942) is a former German table tennis player . She was one of Germany's national team players in the 1960s.

Career

Hannelore Männer grew up in Metzingen and worked as an accountant. At the age of 15 she came to table tennis and soon joined the SSV Reutlingen club . She is left handed. She first made a name for itself on November 11, 1961 when she won against Agnes Simon in the German Cup match between Württemberg and West Germany . This was Simon's first defeat against a German player, and the men's victory was described as the sensation of the year in the specialist press .

In November 1962, men played their first international match in the German national team. She won her singles against Austria and was undefeated. She repeated this result a year later, in December 1963, when she again won a game against Austria and never lost. She ended the 1963/64 season with a 31: 1 record in the Reutlingen women's team. In 1964 she reached the final in doubles at the German National Championships with Inge Harst .

In 1966 she was initially nominated as a reserve player for the European Championship . Your preparation with national coach Vilim Harangozo was not in vain. When Rosemarie Seidel decided not to participate, Hannelore Männer started instead in the individual competitions at the European Championships. Here she survived the qualification, defeating Lena Rundström (Sweden), Morreau (Spain), Peyan (Yugoslavia) and Liza (Finland) and only failed in the last 16 against the Englishwoman Mary Shannon-Wright .

Between 1966 and 1969 Hannelore married Männer and then performed under the name Schneider . In 1969 she took part again in the individual competitions of the World Cup in Munich. In 1972 she reached the semi-finals of the German championship in doubles with Erika Schmollinger .

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
FRG  European Championship  1966  London  CLOSELY   last 16       
FRG  World Championship  1969  Munich  FRG   last 64  Agony  Agony   

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 24 year olds in June 1966 - DTS magazine , 1966/13 issue Süd-West page 21
  2. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2008/12 regional north page 2
  3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1962/22 page 1 + page 4
  4. ↑ DTS magazine , 1963/24 page 3
  5. ↑ DTS magazine , 1964/9 page 12
  6. ↑ DTS magazine , 1977/10 edition Süd-West, page 25
  7. ↑ ITTF statistics as Hannelore Männer ( memento from December 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on April 4, 2019) + ITTF statistics as Hannelore Schneider ( memento from January 26, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on 4 April 2019) April 2019)

Web links

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  • A visit to Hannelore Männer , DTS magazine , 1966/13 issue Süd-West p. 21
personal data
SURNAME Men, Hannelore
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schneider, Hannelore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH around 1942