Hans-Jörg Offergeld

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Hans-Jörg Offergeld (born May 5, 1942 ) is a former German table tennis player . With Düsseldorf and Mettmann he was German team champion a total of six times.

Career

Offergeld joined the DJK TuSA 06 Düsseldorf association in 1957 . With his men's team, he was German champion five times in a row from 1962 to 1967. In 1964 and 1965 he was involved in winning the German Cup. He later switched to Mettmanner TV , with which he won the German championship in 1971/72. In 1973 he returned to DJK TuSA 06 Düsseldorf.

In the early 1960s he also appeared internationally and completed two international matches. So he won in September 1962 against the Netherlands in both singles against Gerard Bakker and Bert Onnes and remained undefeated.

In the same year he took part in the individual competitions of the European Championships in Berlin. He defeated Jeffrey Ingber (England), Odd Nielsen (Norway) and Wolfgang Lux (Germany) in the singles and then lost in the round of 16 against Vojislav Marković (Yugoslavia). The doubles with Hans Wilhelm Gäb reached the semi-finals after victories over Fernando Huecas / Tales (Spain), Ian Harrison / Jeffrey Ingber (England) and Martin Ness / Aloizy Ehrlich (France), where it was stopped by Edvard Vecko / Istvan Korpa (Yugoslavia) has been. The mixed with Gudrun Müller was eliminated after a bye against Vojislav Marković / Monique Alber (Yugoslavia / France).

At national German championships he reached the semi-finals in doubles four times: 1963 and 1964 with Peter Huebner and 1969 and 1970 with Karl-Heinz Scholl .

Private

Offergeld worked as a self-employed businessman.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
FRG  European Championship  1962  Berlin  FRG   last 16  Quarter finals     

Individual evidence

  1. The table tennis Bundesliga in the fourth season 1969/70 , season booklet of the Post Augsburg Online (accessed on October 2, 2018)
  2. a b Journal DTS , 1966/24, p. 6.
  3. DTS magazine , 1976/5, page 53
  4. Anniversary book 75 years of WTTV. Page 24
  5. DTS magazine , 1962/19, page 1
  6. Hans-Jörg Offergeld Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 13, 2011)

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