Heinrich Bednar

Heinrich Bednar (born June 30, 1922 , † December 17, 2000 in Sollenau ) was an Austrian table tennis player . He played after the annexation of Austria to Germany twice successful in the German Championships. After 1945 he was Austrian champion several times.

Career

Like Trude Pritzi , Heinrich Bednar successfully took part in the German championships after the annexation of Austria to Germany. He was twice German champion in doubles and once in mixed. After the war he played for Austria again. In 1947 and 1948 he took third place with the Austrian team at the world championships. He was also Austrian champion in the individual in 1949. In addition, he won the Austrian championship three times in doubles and once in mixed.

In 1957 Bednar ended his active career.

Private

Heinrich Bednar earned his living as a postal worker. With his wife Edith he had a son (Karl, born March 28, 1953)

Sporting successes

• Participation in world championships
  • 1947 in Paris: 3rd place with Team Austria
  • 1948 in London: 3rd place doubles (with Herbert Wunsch ), 3rd place with Team Austria

• National German championships
  • 1942 in Dresden: 2nd place singles, 1st place doubles (with Herbert Wunsch ), 1st place mixed (with Otti Graszl )
  • 1943 in Breslau: 4th place single, 1st place double (with Herbert Wunsch )

• Austrian championships
  • 1946 in Vienna: 2nd place single, 2nd place double (with Heribert Just )
  • 1947 in Vienna: 2nd place singles, 1st place doubles (with Johann Hartwich), 2nd place mixed (with Otti Graszl )
  • 1948 in Innsbruck: 1st place doubles (with Otto Eckl ), 3rd place mixed (with Otti Graszl )
  • 1949 in Graz: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Heribert Just ), 1st place mixed (with Trude Pritzi )
  • 1950 in Linz: 2nd place doubles (with Herbert Wunsch )
  • 1951 in Salzburg: 3rd place singles, 2nd place doubles (with Ferdinand Schuech ), 2nd place mixed (with Gertrude Wutzl)
  • 1952 in Vienna: 3rd place single, 2nd place double (with Herbert Wunsch ), 2nd place mixed (with Ermelinde Wertl )
  • 1954 in Klagenfurt: 3rd place singles, 3rd place doubles (with Heribert Just ), 2nd place mixed (with Ermelinde Wertl )
  • 1955 in Vienna: 2nd place singles, 3rd place doubles (with Wagner), 2nd place mixed (with Ermelinde Wertl )

• societies
  • 1st Vienna TTC
  • Post SV Vienna (from 1940)
  • Austria Vienna
  • Union Finance
  • Mobil Oil

Results from the ITTF database

Association	competition	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
AUT	World Championship	1955	Utrecht	NED	last 64	last 128	no participants	14th
AUT	World Championship	1954	Wembley	CLOSELY	last 128	last 32	no participants	13
AUT	World Championship	1953	Bucharest	ROU	last 64	last 16	no participants	11
AUT	World Championship	1951	Vienna	AUT	last 32	last 32	last 64
AUT	World Championship	1950	Budapest	HUN	last 128	last 32	last 16	7th
AUT	World Championship	1949	Stockholm	SWE	last 32	last 32	no participants	7th
AUT	World Championship	1948	Wembley	CLOSELY	last 32	Semifinals	no participants	3
AUT	World Championship	1947	Paris	FRA	last 128	last 32	last 64	3
AUT	World Championship	1932	Prague	TCH	last 64	Scratched	no participants

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1957/22 p. 1
2. ↑ ITTF statistics ( memento of the original from January 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 4, 2011)