Hans-Werner Schippers

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Hans-Werner Schippers (born September 13, 1929 - † April 20, 2012 ) was a German table tennis player from the 1950s. He is German mixed master.

Schippers played at SpVg Odenkirchen , whose table tennis department joined the Rheydter Spielverein in 1950 . In the German ranking of 1950/51 he was ranked 11th.

Once Schippers was nominated for the national team. He was involved in the 2-1 win over Portugal in Hanover in 1951.

In 1958 he became German mixed champions together with Hilde Gröber . In previous years he had reached the semi-finals four times: in doubles in 1951 (with Horst Ilberg ), 1955 (with Karl-Heinz Harmansa ), 1956 (with Werner Hoeveler) and in mixed 1957 with Hilde Gröber.

Later (after 1957) Schippers played for DJK TuSA 06 Düsseldorf , before moving to FC Mönchengladbach in the association league in 1962.

Hans-Werner Schippers died in 2012. He was buried in the Protestant cemetery in Rheydt.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituaries in RP-Online from April 25, 2012 (accessed December 23, 2012)
  2. ↑ André Piel: The TuS Rheydt-Wetschewell had success with the merger RP Online from August 2, 2018 (accessed on September 19, 2019)
  3. ↑ Tischtennis Magazin, Official Organ of the Lower Saxony Table Tennis Association 2005/6 page 8
  4. ↑ magazine DTS , 1951/23 1951/24 + page 1 page 3
  5. ↑ DTS magazine , 1962/18 page 5

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personal data
SURNAME Schippers, Hans-Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1929
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 2012