Josef Dvořáček

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Josef Dvořáček (born March 20, 1952 ) is a former Czech table tennis player and vice European champion.

Dvořáček achieved his first international successes at the European Youth Championships, where he won the title with the Czechoslovak team in 1968 and 1969. In 1969 he reached the semi-finals in singles. At the European Championships for adults in 1980, he was vice European champion in singles behind the Englishman John Hilton . Two years later he won silver with the Czechoslovak team and in 1984 bronze with Jindřich Panský , Vladislav Broda and Miroslav Broda . At the European ranking tournament TOP-12 , he finished fourth in 1981.

From 1973 to 1983 he was represented at five world championships . With Alica Grofová he came in 1973 in mixed on a 3rd place. 1979 (with Milan Orlowski and Jindřich Panský) and 1981 (with Milan Orlowski , Jindřich Panský , Vladislav Broda and Miroslav Broda ) he also achieved bronze in the team.

In 1984 Dvořáček ended his international career. He left the Czechoslovak association TTT Vítkovice and moved to Germany:

In 1995 he became European champion in singles and doubles for seniors over 40 in Vienna .

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
TCH  European Championship  1984  Moscow  URS   Quarter finals       
TCH  European Championship  1982  Budapest  HUN   last 16    Semifinals  2
TCH  European Championship  1980  Bern  SUI   silver  Quarter finals     
TCH  European Championship  1978  Duisburg  FRG   last 16  Quarter finals     
TCH  European Youth Championship (Juniors)  1969  Obertraun  AUT   Semifinals      1
TCH  European Youth Championship (Juniors)  1968  Leningrad  URS         1
TCH  EURO TOP12  1982  Nantes  FRA   9       
TCH  EURO TOP12  1981  Miskolc  HUN   4th       
TCH  EURO TOP12  1980  Munich  FRG   9       
TCH  World Championship  1983  Tokyo  JPN   last 128  last 32  last 32  10 
TCH  World Championship  1981  Novi Sad  YUG   last 32  last 64  Agony  4th 
TCH  World Championship  1979  Pyongyang  PRK   Quarter finals  last 16  last 32  4th 
TCH  World Championship  1977  Birmingham  CLOSELY   last 128  last 16  Agony  6th 
TCH  World Championship  1973  Sarajevo  YUG   last 64  last 32  Semifinals  5 
TCH  World cup  1980  Hong Kong  HKG   3      

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.pingpong.cz/6/worldchamp/WC.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.ping-pong.cz/dokumenty/09-10/starty_v_zahranici.xls ( Memento from January 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1984/7 p. 18
  4. ↑ DTS magazine , 1985/6 p. 22
  5. ↑ DTS magazine , 1987/6 p. 13
  6. ↑ DTS magazine , 1988/8 p. 31
  7. ↑ DTS magazine , 1990/8 regional section p. 20
  8. ↑ DTS magazine , 1994/3 regional Süd p. 3 + http://www.tsv-karethlappersdorf.de/index.php?menuid=97
  9. ↑ DTS magazine , 2000/8 p. 51
  10. ↑ DTS magazine , 2000/8 p. 51
  11. ↑ Josef Dvořáček Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 5, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Dvořáček, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1952