Heinz Nickelsburg

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Heinz Nickelsburg (born October 27, 1912 in Berlin , † March 17, 2001 in London ) was a German table tennis player .

Career

Heinz Nickelsburg played for the clubs Westend Berlin and TC Borussia 1902 Berlin . Between 1930 and 1933 he played 29 international matches for Germany and took part in four world championships. In 1931 he was German champion in doubles, twice he was runner-up in singles.

When the National Socialists came to power in Germany in 1933 , they called on all sports associations to Aryanize . Nickelsburg then emigrated to Switzerland as a native Jew. In 1934 and 1938 he took part in the World Championships under the Swiss flag as a player and team manager for Switzerland.

At the end of the 1930s he moved to England. He acquired British citizenship and lived in London under the name Hilary Nichols until his death .

Sporting successes

  • Participation in six world championships
    • 1930 in Berlin: 7th place with men's team
    • 1931 in Budapest: quarter-finals doubles, 5th place with men's team
    • 1932 in Prague: Round of 16 in singles, 5th place with men's team
    • 1933 in Baden / Vienna: quarter-finals mixed, 7th place with men's team
    • 1934 in Paris: only individual for Switzerland
    • 1938 in Wembley: only individual for Switzerland
  • International championships
    • 1934 Switzerland: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with P.Vergain, Switzerland), 1st place mixed (with B.Wyss, Switzerland)
    • 1936 Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland: 1st place mixed (with N.Dyrenfurth, Switzerland)
    • 1937 Vevey, Switzerland: 1st place doubles (with N.Dyrenfurth, Switzerland), 1st place mixed (with M.Isely, Switzerland)
    • 1938 Zurich, Switzerland: 1st place mixed (with N.Dyrenfurth, Switzerland)
  • Leaderboards
    • 1930–1932: 2nd place in the German ranking list

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
SUI World Championship 1938 Wembley CLOSELY last 128 Scratched last 32
SUI World Championship 1934 Paris FRA last 32 last 16 no participants
GER World Championship 1933 to bathe AUT last 64 last 32 Quarter finals 7th
GER World Championship 1932 Prague TCH last 16 last 16 last 16 5
GER World Championship 1931 Budapest HUN last 32 Quarter finals no participants 5
GER World Championship 1930 Berlin FRG last 64 no participants no participants 7th

literature

  • Manfred Schäfer: Once he played like a rubber wall , DTS magazine , 1997/2 page 45

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tennis & Golf magazine, sole official organ of the German Tennis Association EV, 1930/2 page 46 + 1930/8 page 239
  2. ↑ Tennis & Golf magazine, sole official organ of the German Tennis Association EV, 1932/3 page 60 + 1932/6 page 142
  3. ↑ ITTF statistics ( memento from January 27, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on April 1, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Nickelsburg, Heinz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nichols, Hilary (name in England)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-British table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 2001
Place of death London