Josef Seiz
Josef "Sepp" Seiz (born April 26, 1934 in Altenkunstadt ; † November 10, 2010 ) was a German table tennis player . In the 1950s and the beginning of the 1960s he was three times German champion in doubles.
Life
At the age of 14, Sepp Seiz joined the FC Altenkunstadt club. In 1954 he was the first German champion in doubles. In October of the same year he played his first international match. In Baden-Baden he won his two games against Switzerland. As a result, he played a total of 28 international matches for Germany, u. a. at 4 world championships and 3 European championships.
He made positive headlines in 1960 at the international championships in Berlin: He caught up with the Yugoslav Vilim Harangozo , 12:20 behind , and won the game. The Bild newspaper called him "Man of the Day" for this achievement .
Josef Seiz worked in a shoe factory. He married Lieselotte Köller in August 1958, with whom he had two sons and a daughter. She died before him, so that he was a widower until the end of his life.
successes
- Participation in four table tennis world championships with the German team
- Participation in three European table tennis championships
- International championships
- 1955 Kiel: 4th place doubles (with Leopold Holusek )
- 1956 Basel: 1st place doubles (with Conny Freundorfer )
- 1960 Berlin: 4th place doubles (with Martin Ness )
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National German championships
- 1954 East Berlin - 1st place doubles (with Leopold Holusek )
- 1955 Osnabrück - 4th place single, 1st place double (with Leopold Holusek )
- 1956 Dortmund - 2nd place doubles (with Leopold Holusek )
- 1957 Berlin - 4th place doubles (with Dietmar Schmidt )
- 1958 Neumünster - 3rd place doubles (with Anton Breumair )
- 1959 Donaueschingen - 2nd place doubles (with Conny Freundorfer )
- 1960 Essen - 2nd place double (with Martin Ness )
- 1961 Wolfsburg - 1st place doubles (with Martin Ness )
- 1962 Freiburg - 4th place doubles (with Martin Ness )
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Germany Cup
- 1957 in Mörfelden: 1st place with Bavaria
- National ranking tournaments
- 1956 in Würzburg: 4th place
- 1957 in Bottrop: 2nd place
- Bavarian Championships
- 1956 Donauwörth: 1st place doubles (with Leopold Holusek )
- 1958 Augsburg: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Herbert Mayer )
- 1961 Munich: 1st place doubles (with Martin Ness )
- societies
- 1948–1952: FC Altenkunstadt (table tennis department)
- 1952–1975: TTC Burgkunstadt (Oberliga)
- 1975–1977: Viktoria Coburg
- 1977–2010: TTV 45 Altenkunstadt (formerly FC Altenkunstadt)
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRG | World Championship | 1959 | Dortmund | FRG | last 256 | Scratched | Scratched | |
| GER | World Championship | 1957 | Stockholm | SWE | last 64 | last 128 | last 64 | 5 |
| GER | World Championship | 1956 | Tokyo | JPN | last 64 | Scratched | no participants | 5 |
| GER | World Championship | 1955 | Utrecht | NED | last 128 | last 32 | last 64 | 9 |
Web links
swell
- Josef "Sepp" Seiz (PDF; 758 kB) (accessed on December 23, 2015)
- Claus Wagner: 47 years at the green table , DTS magazine , 1994/11 page 24
- Arndt Peckelhoff: True to the attack , DTS magazine , 1998/7 page 27
- CW: Sepp Seiz , DTS magazine , 2002/7 page 9
- Obituary mourning for ex-national player Josef "Sepp" Seiz , magazine tischtennis , 2010/12 regional south page 2
Individual evidence
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1954/21 page 3
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1958/18 West issue, page 4
- ^ Josef Seiz results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 14, 2011)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seiz, Josef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seiz, Sepp |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altenkunstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 10, 2010 |