Jochen Leiß
Joachim (Jochen) Leiß (born February 8, 1950 in Mettmann ) is a former German table tennis player . He was German individual champion in 1974. He won the German doubles championship six times. He also took part in five world championships.
Career
Left-hander Leiß began playing table tennis at Mettmanner TV at the age of 11 . Just two years later he played in the first men's team, rose with them several times and reached the 1st Bundesliga in 1969 . In 1972 he became German team champion with Mettmann.
He gave up his English studies and his dream of being a teacher in favor of a professional career in table tennis. Leiß moved to Borussia Düsseldorf and received a salary of 20,000 DM for one year.
A highlight of his career was the German championship in Saarbrücken in 1974 . Here he became German champion in singles, doubles and mixed. He defeated Eberhard Schöler in the final . Other significant successes were the Vice European Championships in 1978 in doubles and with the German men's team in 1980 . He played a total of 116 international matches for Germany.
In 1980 Leiß temporarily ended his active career. He received a diploma from the German Sport University in Cologne and subsequently worked as a trainer for the DTTB . From 1979 he was a youth national coach. In 1983 he became national coach and top-class sport coordinator of the DTTB. At the beginning of 1986 he became general secretary of the Norwegian table tennis association Norges Bordtennisforbund . Since then, Leiß has lived near Oslo . Here he works as a sports director and is a member of the board of the 'Norwegian Top Sport High School' foundation, which owns five schools across the country and promotes talent from 23 different sports.
Leiß is married to a Swede. He has a daughter and a son.
societies
- 1961–1972: Mettmanner TV
- 1972–1977: Borussia Düsseldorf
- 1977–1980: TTC Jülich
- 1982–1984: TTC Brauweiler (Association and Oberliga)
- 1984–1986: TTC Alsdorf (2nd Bundesliga)
- 1986–1989: Germania Schnelsen (1st and 2nd Bundesliga)
- 1989–1991: Protesia Hamburg
- 1991–1993: Mettmanner TV (Oberliga + Regionaliga)
successes
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National German championships
- 1969 Hagen - 2nd place mixed (with Agnes Simon )
- 1970 Frankfurt / Main - 2nd place doubles (with Claus Scholz), 2nd place mixed (with Agnes Simon)
- 1971 Hanover - 1st place doubles (with Rolf Jäger ), 2nd place mixed (with Brigitte Scharmacher )
- 1972 Karlsruhe - 3rd place singles, 4th place doubles (with Rolf Jäger ), 2nd place mixed (with Brigitte Scharmacher)
- 1973 Munich - 3rd place singles, 2nd place doubles (with Klaus Schmittinger ), 3rd place mixed (with Wiebke Hendriksen )
- 1974 Saarbrücken - 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Klaus Schmittinger), 1st place mixed (with Monika Kneip )
- 1975 Hanover - 1st place doubles (with Klaus Schmittinger), 2nd place mixed (with Monika Kneip)
- 1976 Essen - 2nd place singles, 1st place doubles (with Klaus Schmittinger), 4th place mixed (with Monika Kneip)
- 1977 Berlin - 4th place doubles (with Klaus Schmittinger), 1st place mixed (with Monika Kneip-Stumpe)
- 1978 Lübeck - 1st place doubles (with Peter Engel ), 2nd place mixed (with Monika Kneip-Stumpe)
- 1979 Rüsselsheim - 3rd place singles, 1st place doubles (with Peter Stellwag )
- 1980 Hamburg - 3rd place single, 3rd place mixed (with Monika Kneip-Stumpe)
- Participation in world championships
- 1969 in Munich: Only in individual competitions, double round of 16 (with Wilfried Lieck)
- 1973 in Sarajevo: 9th place with men's team
- 1975 in Calcutta: Round of 16 singles, 8th place with men's team
- 1977 in Birmingham: 5th place with men's team
- 1979 in Pyongyang: quarter-finals doubles (with Peter Stellwag), 11th place with men's team
- Participation in European championships
- 1972 in Rotterdam: 5th place with men's team
- 1974 in Novi Sad: quarter-finals in doubles, 8th place with men's team
- 1976 in Prague: quarter-finals in singles, quarter-finals in doubles, 6th place with men's team
- 1978 in Duisburg: 2nd place doubles (with Peter Stellwag), 8th place with men's team
- 1980 in Bern: Round of 16 singles, quarter finals doubles, 2nd place with men's team
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Europe TOP-12
- 1976 in Lübeck: 8th place
- 1977 in Sarajevo: 11th place
- 1979 in Kristianstad: 7th place
- International championships
- 1971 Hungary: 2nd place doubles
- 1972 Belgium: 1st place with men's team
- 1974 Belgium: semi-finals singles
- 1975 Hungary: 2nd place doubles, 2nd place with men's team
- 1976 Hanover (FRG): 2nd place doubles (with Peter Engel)
- 1976 France: 2nd place doubles
- 1977 Canada: 2nd place doubles
- 1977 Jamaica: 2nd place singles, 1st place doubles (with Peter Stellwag), 1st place mixed (with He Ja Lee, USA)
- 1977 USA: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Peter Stellwag), 1st place mixed (with Judy Bochenski, USA), 1st place with men's team
- 1978 Germany semi-final singles
- 1978 France: 2nd place with men's team
- 1978 Jamaica: 2nd place singles, 1st place doubles (with Peter Stellwag)
- 1980 Rüsselsheim (FRG): 2nd place doubles (with Peter Stellwag)
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National ranking tournaments
- 1972 in Zweibrücken: 1st place
- 1973 in Berlin: 3rd place
- 1974 in Löhne: 2nd place
- 1975 in Hattersheim: 4th place
- 1978 in Minden: 4th place
- German team championships
- 1972 German champion with TV Mettmann
- 1974 German champion with Borussia Düsseldorf
- 1975 German champion with Borussia Düsseldorf
- German cup championships
- 1974 in Reutlingen: 1st place with Borussia Düsseldorf
- 1975 in Bad Segeberg: 1st place with Borussia Düsseldorf
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Germany Cup
- 1971 in Datteln: 1st place with WTTV
- Youth tournaments
- 1971 in Krofdorf-Gleiberg: National ranking tournament Top 12: 2nd place
- Leaderboards
- 1974–1975: 1st place in the German ranking list
- 1977: 9th place European association ETTU
- 1976: 15th place in the ITTF world rankings
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRG | European Championship | 1980 | Bern | SUI | last 16 | Quarter finals | 2 | |
| FRG | European Championship | 1978 | Duisburg | FRG | silver | |||
| FRG | European Championship | 1976 | Prague | TCH | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| FRG | European Championship | 1974 | Novi Sad | YUG | Quarter finals | |||
| FRG | EURO TOP12 | 1979 | Kristianstad | SWE | 7th | |||
| FRG | EURO TOP12 | 1977 | Sarajevo | YUG | 11 | |||
| FRG | EURO TOP12 | 1976 | Lübeck | FRG | 8th | |||
| FRG | World Championship | 1979 | Pyongyang | PRK | last 32 | Quarter finals | Agony | 11 |
| FRG | World Championship | 1977 | Birmingham | CLOSELY | last 32 | last 64 | last 32 | 5 |
| FRG | World Championship | 1975 | Calcutta | IND | last 16 | last 16 | last 32 | 8th |
| FRG | World Championship | 1973 | Sarajevo | YUG | last 32 | last 64 | last 32 | 9 |
| FRG | World Championship | 1969 | Munich | FRG | last 128 | last 16 | last 64 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Journal DTS , 1985/5 page 6
- ^ DTS magazine , 1992/1 page 39 + 1993/1 regional / West page 1
- ↑ Jochen Leiß Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 11, 2011)
Web links
- After all these years ... ( Memento from November 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leiß, Jochen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leiß, Joachim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mettmann |