Herbert wish
Herbert Wunsch (born February 23, 1917 in Vienna , † December 24, 1970 in Vienna) was an Austrian table tennis player . While Austria was part of the " Greater German Reich ", he was twice German champion in the individual.
Life
Herbert Wunsch earned his living as a commercial clerk. On October 8, 1955 he married the table tennis player Hedwig (Hedy) Matrinsky (Austrian champion from 1957, still active in the Vienna table tennis association WTTV until 2003, died in 2016; namesake of the Hedy-Wunsch-Park ). In 1970 Herbert Wunsch died. He was buried in the Atzgersdorf cemetery in Vienna .
Athletic career
Herbert Wunsch played in various Austrian table tennis clubs. Similar to Trude Pritzi , after the annexation of Austria to Germany, from 1940 he regularly took part successfully in the German championships. He became German champion several times, twice in singles, three times in doubles and three times in mixed.
After the war he played for Austria again. In 1948 he finished third at the World Championships in London, both in doubles and with the Austrian team. He was also Austrian champion in doubles in 1946.
Desire represented Austria in the Swaythling Club International .
Sporting successes
- Participation in the World Table Tennis Championships in London in 1948 : 3rd place doubles (with Heinrich Bednar ), 3rd place with Team Austria
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National German championships
- 1941 in Dresden: 1st place doubles (with Erwin Kaspar ), 1st place mixed (with Trude Pritzi )
- 1942 in Dresden: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Heinrich Bednar ), 2nd place mixed (with Trude Pritzi )
- 1943 in Breslau: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Heinrich Bednar ), 1st place mixed (with Trude Pritzi )
- 1944 in Breslau: 1st place mixed (with Trude Pritzi )
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Austrian Championships :
- 1946 in Vienna: 1st place doubles (with Rudolf Diwald )
- 1947 in Vienna: 2nd place doubles (with Rudolf Diwald ), 3rd place mixed (with Lotte Neumann)
- 1950 in Linz: 2nd place doubles (with Heinrich Bednar ), 2nd place mixed (with Hedi Matrinsky)
- 1952 in Vienna: 2nd place doubles (with Heinrich Bednar )
- societies
- Währinger TTC
- LSV (Air Force Sports Club)
- NEWAG
- Postsportverein Vienna (from 1937)
- Badner AC
- Puch - Graz
- Black and white Vienna
- Köflach
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT | World Championship | 1948 | Wembley | CLOSELY | Agony | Semifinals | no participants | 3 |
| AUT | World Championship | 1937 | to bathe | AUT | last 32 | last 16 | last 64 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hedwig Wunsch passed away (accessed June 20, 2016)
- ↑ https://www.friedhoefewien.at/grabsuche_de (accessed on May 4, 2016)
- ↑ Herbert Wunsch Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 17, 2011)
literature
- Prof. Dr. Zarko Dolinar: In Memoriam Herbert Wunsch , DTS magazine , 1971/3 page 19
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wish, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 24, 1970 |
| Place of death | Vienna |