Josef Sedelmayer

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Josef Sedelmayer (born November 14, 1933 in St. Pölten ; † October 29, 2016 ) was an Austrian table tennis player . He was one of the best players in Austria in the 1950s and 1960s.

Career

Josef Sedelmayer played with the clubs ESV St. Pölten (from 1946), in the 1950s and 1960s with BBSV (Bundesbahn-Sportverein) Vienna in the state league and later with SV Vienna and SV Schwechat , which he helped to achieve several promotions as a player-coach .

Sedelmayer was Austrian individual champion in 1955 and 1957 . There are also several front placements:

  • 1957: Victory in doubles with Ernst Wagner, victory in mixed with Trude Hübl
  • 1959: 2nd place in doubles with Viktor Hirsch
  • 1960: 2nd place in the individual
  • 1965: 2nd place in singles, victory in doubles with Günter Heine

In 1964 he won the ÖTTV ranking tournament. Between 1957 and 1965 he took part in four world championships and twice in European championships (1958, 1962). He never came close to medal ranks.

After the end of his time as a top player, he became club manager of SV Schwechat and couch of SVS Lower Austria in 1971 . Under his direction, the men's team of SV Schwechat marched after repeated promotions from the 2nd district class to the Austrian Bundesliga. He also trained Werner Schlager , whose successes, according to experts, bear the signature of Josef Sedelmayer. From 1972 Sedelmayer won several state championship titles among senior citizens.

In 2006 Sedelmayer was honored with the golden medal of honor of the Austrian table tennis association ÖTTV for his services .

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
AUT European Championship 1958 Budapest HUN last 16
AUT World Championship 1965 Ljubljana YUG last 64 Agony last 64 21st
AUT World Championship 1963 Prague TCH last 256 last 128 last 128 17th
AUT World Championship 1959 Dortmund FRG last 64 last 128 no participants
AUT World Championship 1957 Stockholm SWE last 32 last 64 Scratched 11

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Obituary Josef Sedelmayer (accessed on November 11, 2016)
  2. ^ Lower Austrian regional association. Tischtennis-Nachrichten 1975/4 page 15 (accessed on May 23, 2012; PDF; 1.2 MB)
  3. ↑ TT-Schau 1964/12 page 15 (accessed on May 23, 2012; PDF; 1.9 MB)
  4. ↑ TT-Schau 1965/4 page 42 (accessed on May 23, 2012; PDF; 3.7 MB)
  5. ^ Lower Austrian regional association. Tischtennis-Nachrichten 1977/6 (accessed on May 23, 2012; PDF; 1.6 MB)
  6. ↑ SV Schwechat website (accessed on February 7, 2016)
  7. ↑ Handbook of ÖTTV, edition 07/2011 (accessed on May 23, 2012)
  8. ↑ TT-Schau 1964/11 page 13 (accessed on May 23, 2012; PDF; 2.1 MB)
  9. ↑ NOE TT-Nachrichten 1986/7 (PDF; 986 kB) (accessed on May 23, 2012)
  10. ↑ Österreichische TT-Zeitung 2002/48 page 7 ( Memento from May 4, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed May 23, 2012; PDF; 1.4 MB)
  11. ↑ Austrian Tennis Association Nr.03_090709 (accessed on 23 May 2012)
  12. ↑ WTTV Nachrichten 2006/07 No. 3 page 3 (accessed on May 23, 2012; PDF; 647 kB)
  13. ↑ Josef Sedelmayer Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on May 23, 2012)

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personal data
SURNAME Sedelmayer, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Polten
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 2016