Horst Ilberg

Horst Ilberg (born October 23, 1930 in Wetter (Ruhr) ) is a former German table tennis player and senior world champion in doubles.

youth

Ilberg began his career in 1946 with the club VfL Eintracht Hagen, with whose men's team, after several promotions and an interlude at SSV Hagen , he reached the league in 1951 , the highest German division at the time. In 1948 he was second in doubles with Gerhard Egeler at the German Youth Championships.

Adults

At the national German championships , Ilberg was third in doubles with Hans-Werner Schippers in 1951 and third in singles in 1953 . In 1953/54 he won - now a member of VfL 63 Hagen - at the "Grand Prix of West Germany". In 1953 he was ranked 10th in the overall German ranking.

Ilberg took part in four international matches. In December 1951 he won both singles in an international match against Denmark. In 1953 he was nominated for the World Cup , where he played against Brazil, Bulgaria and the Netherlands in the German team and reached seventh place with them. In singles, doubles with Bernie Vossebein and mixed with Hannelore Imlau (sleep) he retired early.

Seniors

Ilberg was successful in numerous senior tournaments. He played at various clubs, such as TTC Westfalia Münster (1962 - 1964, Association League), DJK SV Borussia 07 Münster (from 1964, district class), SC Westfalia Kinderhaus (around 1986 - 1998), DJK Westfalia Senden (since 1998). In 1997 he was awarded the Golden Badge of Honor of the West German Table Tennis Association WTTV.

In 2005 he ended his active career.

Extract of his successes

• West German Championships: At least 25 titles
• German senior championships
  • 1993 Ü60: Victory in mixed with Martha Wilke
  • 1994 60+: Victory in singles and mixed with Martha Wilke
  • 1995 60+: Victory in mixed with Martha Wilke
  • 1998 60+: Victory in mixed with Martha Wilke
  • 2002 70+: doubles with Otto Rau
• International
  • European Championship 1997 over 65: second in the individual
  • World Championship 2000 over 70s: Second in singles and world champion in doubles with Walter Fleiner

Private

Ilberg is married and lives in Münster. Professionally, he worked in the insurance industry.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
GER	World Championship	1953	Bucharest	ROU	last 64	last 32	last 32	7th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1949/22 p. 15 + 1949/24 p. 7
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated August 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Tischtennis Magazin, official organ of the Lower Saxony Table Tennis Association 2005/11 p. 14
4. ↑ Manfred Schäfer: A game for life. 75 years of DTTB. (1925-2000) . Published by the German Table Tennis Association DTTB , Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-00-005890-7 , p. 24
5. ↑ DTS magazine , 1951/23 p. 2
6. ↑ Manfred Schäfer: A game for life. 75 years of DTTB. (1925-2000) . Published by the German Table Tennis Association DTTB , Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-00-005890-7 , pp. 181–188
7. ↑ DTS magazine , 1962/5 p. 7
8. ↑ DTS magazine , 1964/19 p. 6
9. ↑ ITTF statistics ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 9, 2011)  

Web links

• Report of November 11, 2008 (accessed June 30, 2010)
• Eintracht Hagen
• German Championships (PDF; 89 kB)