Horst Langer (table tennis player)

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Horst Langer (born July 10, 1939 in Hirschberg ) is a successful German table tennis player . He was twice German champion in doubles. He also won the Senior World Championship in 2002.

Career

In 1950 Langer joined the TTV Metelen association . In 1957 he became the German Youth Champion. In the following years he was one of the best players in Germany. Two times German champion in doubles, with Metelen German champion and two-time cup winners were his further successes. At the end of the 1950s he took part in three country battles. He was first nominated in May 1958 for the fight against Denmark, in which he lost two singles and won one. In 1959 he was ranked 7th in the German ranking.

Langer later celebrated some successes in senior sports . He won the German senior team championship with the TTC Heiligenhaus in 1987 and 1988. At the 11th Senior World Championships in Lucerne in 2002 he was world champion in individual. In 2005 he won the Senior European Championship in singles and in doubles he took silver. Together with his brother Jürgen, he became senior world champion in doubles over 65 in 2010. He also won gold in the single over 70s.

Today (2015) Langer still plays actively in the regional league at TTSC Mülheim 71.

Langer is an honorary member of TTV Metelen.

Private

Langer has a son (Thomas) and a daughter (Indra). He was an insurance salesman. His brother Jürgen played with him from time to time in the Metelen league team.

successes

  • German team championships
  • German cup championships
    • 1958 Munich: Winner with TTV Metelen
    • 1962 Bottrop: Winner with TTV Metelen
  • German youth championships
    • 1956 Donaueschingen: 2nd place doubles (with Norbert Witte)
    • 1957 Berlin: German champion in singles, 2nd place doubles (with Gregor Schwaning)
  • Senior tournaments
    • 2002 Lucerne - World Championship Seniors 60+: 1st place individual
    • 2005 Bratislava - European Championship Seniors 65+: 1st place singles, 2nd place doubles (with Dieter Lippelt )
    • 2007 Rotterdam - European Championship Seniors 65+: 1st place doubles (with brother Jürgen Langer)
    • 2009 Poreč - European Championship Seniors 65+: 1st place doubles (with Jürgen Langer) and 1st place singles in class 70+
    • 2010 Berlin - German Championship 70+: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Dieter Lippelt)
    • 2010 Hohut - World Championship Seniors 70+: 1st place singles, 65+: 1st place doubles (with Jürgen Langer)

societies

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
FRG  World Championship  1959  Dortmund  FRG   last 128  last 64  last 128   

Individual evidence

  • Handbook of the German Table Tennis Federation, 1963, 5th edition
  1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1958/10 West issue p. 1 + back
  2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1999/9 regional West p. 3
  3. ↑ ITTF statistics ( Memento of the original from March 4, 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 11, 2011)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ittf.com
personal data
SURNAME Langer, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Hirschberg