Helmuth Hoffmann
Helmuth Hoffmann (born November 7, 1919 in Cologne , † June 19, 2010 in Bergisch Gladbach ) was a German table tennis player . He was five times German champion in doubles and mixed competitions. In the individual, he took second place twice.
Career
Helmuth Hoffmann started playing table tennis in 1934. To take part in the German championship for the first time, he cycled from Cologne to Gelsenkirchen in 1936. In 1937 he played for the first time in the national team in a competition against the Netherlands.
Hoffmann had his greatest successes in the years after the Second World War . He was also involved in the first international match for a German team after the war. On January 24, 1950, he competed against Sweden in Gelsenkirchen together with Dieter Mauritz and Heinz Raack . Between 1937 and 1953 he was appointed to the German national team 15 times. Until 1978 he played with DJK Alemannia Cologne in the major league. From 1947 to 1949 he reached the final of the German team championship three times with ESV Blau-Rot Bonn , where the team lost each time to MTV Munich 1879 .
He was known for his sharp backhand undercut, which he himself called "down spin" (as opposed to overlapping topspin ).
Honors
In 1958 the West German Table Tennis Association honored Hoffmann with the Silver Badge of Honor, and in 1967 with the Golden Badge of Honor. In 1968/69 he received the Albrecht Nikolai Cup , a challenge cup which is awarded to an athlete or a club for special athletic achievements, special fairness or special services to table tennis.
Private
During the Second World War , Hoffmann suffered a serious leg injury in France, which could be healed. 1945 returned from American captivity.
He has been married since 1951 and has a daughter (* 1956) and a son (* 1959) with his wife. Most recently Hoffmann lived in Forsbach , a district of Rösrath near Cologne. He still played tennis and was the German age group champion in this sport in 2004.
He died in June 2010 in Bergisch Gladbach and was buried in the central cemetery in Rösrath.
Helmuth Hoffmann Cup
The table tennis district Middle Rhine awards the Helmuth Hoffmann Cup as the highest honor to deserving athletes and officials. So far the following people have been honored:
- 2006: Helmut Fürderer - active in the Bonn area
- 2008: Günter Tiling - Managing Director of the Middle Rhine District
- 2010: Arnold Beginn - functionary at TTC Jülich
- 2011: Hans Küpper - functionary in the Middle Rhine district
- 2013: Theo Klingenberg - functionary in the Aachen district
- ????: Karl-Heinz Duda
- 2018: Lothar Schweswig
successes
- Participation in table tennis world championships with the German team
- 1938 in London: 9th place
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National German championships
- 1947 Heppenheim singles 2nd place, doubles 1st place (with Karlheinz Simon )
- 1948 Göttingen Mixed 1st place (with Berti Capellmann )
- 1949 Lübeck single 3rd place, double 1st place (with Bernie Vossebein ), mixed 1st place (with Berti Capellmann )
- 1950 Rheydt singles 2nd place, doubles 3rd place (with Bernie Vossebein ), mixed 2nd place (with Hilde Bussmann )
- 1951 Berlin double 3rd place (with Kurt Braun ), mixed 2nd place (with Hilde Bussmann )
- 1952 Berlin Mixed 2nd place (with Berti Capellmann )
- 1953 Herford double 3rd place (with Ingo Kiel), mixed 1st place (with Berti Capellmann )
- 1955 Osnabrück double 4th place (with Horst Jung )
- Gaume Championships
- 1939 Frankfurt / Main 1st place with the Mittelrhein team
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Germany Cup with the WTTV team
- 1948 Schwerte 1st place
- 1949 Recklinghausen 1st place
- 1950 Rheydt 1st place
- West German championships
- 1948 single 1st place
- 1950 singles 1st place, doubles 1st place (with Bernie Vossebein ), mixed 1st place (with Hilde Bussmann )
- 1954 double 1st place (with Horst Jung )
- Leaderboards
- 1950 3rd place in the German ranking list
- societies
- 1934–1937 Blue White Cologne
- 1937–1939 ETuSvA Aachen
- 1946–1953 ESV Blau-Rot Bonn
- 1953-1958 CTTF Poppelsdorf
- 1958–1980 DJK Alemannia Cologne
- 1980-2010 SV Union Rösrath
- tennis
- 2004 German champion in the age group from 85
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | World Championship | 1938 | Wembley | CLOSELY | last 64 | last 64 | no participants | 10 |
literature
- Winfried Stöckmann: The inventor of the down spin , DTS magazine , 1994/3 page 34
- Bruno Dünchheim: Sports and social history in one - conversation with former national player Helmuth Hoffmann , interview 2004, 75 years of WTTV - anniversary issue of the West German Table Tennis Association, 2006, publisher: West German Table Tennis Association, Duisburg, pages 86–91
- Winfried Stöckmann / Bruno Dünchheim / SH: Ex-national player Helmuth Hoffmann is dead , accessed on June 22, 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger June 30, 2010 - Sports from the region - page 39
- ↑ http://www.tt-mittelrhein.de/download/rs_gst_0506_08.pdf (accessed on August 7, 2010) + Generalanzeiger Bonn General-Anzeiger ( memento of the original from July 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on August 7, 2010)
- ↑ http://www.tt-mittelrhein.de/download/Protokoll_BV_2008.pdf (accessed on August 7, 2010)
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2010/8 regional West, pages 6–7
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2011/8 regional West page 7
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2013/8 regional West page 9
- ↑ a b magazine tischtennis , 2018/12 Region 3 page 7
- ↑ Helmuth Hoffmann results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 8, 2011)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoffmann, Helmuth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 19, 2010 |
| Place of death | Bergisch Gladbach |