Jeanny Dom

Jeanny Dom (born February 5, 1954 ) is a former Luxembourg table tennis player and official. She was one of the best players in Luxembourg in the 1970s. Since 1995 she has been Secretary General of the European Table Tennis Association ETTU .

Active time

Jeanny Dom began playing table tennis in 1965. As early as 1969, when she was 15, she was nominated for a world championship for adults. However, she achieved great success in the youth sector when she won bronze with the girls' team at the European Youth Championships in Ostend in 1971. To date (2010) this is the only medal that Luxembourg has won at the European Youth Table Tennis Championships. She won the Luxembourg International Championships five times. She also took part in world championships five times, namely in 1969 , 1973 , 1975 , 1977 and 1979 , without ever coming close to medal ranks.

Because of her successes, she was voted Sportswoman of the Year in Luxembourg in 1970, 1971, 1973 and 1975 to 1978 .

Functionary

After the end of her active career, Jeanny Dom took on official duties. From 1986 to 1992 she worked at the secretariat of the Luxembourg table tennis association FLTT. From January 1993 she was employed by the European Table Tennis Association ETTU . In January 1995 she replaced Vladimir Palecek (CSSR) as ETTU General Secretary. She held this office until 2013. Because of her merits, she was offered honorary membership in the ETTU in September 2015.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
LUX	World Championship	1979	Pyongyang	PRK	Scratched	Scratched	Scratched	26th
LUX	World Championship	1977	Birmingham	CLOSELY	Agony	last 64	last 64	21st
LUX	World Championship	1975	Calcutta	IND	last 64	last 32	Agony	20th
LUX	World Championship	1973	Sarajevo	YUG	last 32	Agony	Agony	28
LUX	World Championship	1969	Munich	FRG	Agony	Agony	Agony	29

Web links

• Interview with Jeanny Dom (Luxembourgish) (accessed October 6, 2012; MS Word ; 37 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.fltt.lu/up/S57_70.pdf  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Page 3) (no longer available)  
2. ↑ http://www.onsstad.lu/uploads/media/ons_stad_83-2006_56-63.pdf (page 5)
3. ↑ Trophée du meilleur sportif 2007-1954 (accessed on September 12, 2019)
4. ↑ DTS magazine , 1992/12, page 46
5. ↑ DTS magazine , 1995/3, page 54
6. ↑ ^{a b} Honorary membership for Jeanny DOM from November 27, 2015 on ettu.org (accessed on November 16, 2016)
7. ^ Jeanny Dom results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 5, 2011)