Josip Vogrinc
Josip Vogrinc (* 1924 or 1925; † 1988 ) was a Yugoslav table tennis player .
Career
Between 1948 and 1961 he took part in all nine world championships . At the 1951 World Cup , he won bronze with the Yugoslav team.
He was also nominated for the first European Championships , where he represented Yugoslavia in 1958, 1960 and 1962. Here he reached the semi-finals in doubles in 1960.
At the Yugoslav Open in 1958 he was first. He also took part in the International German Championships several times. Here he achieved several successes:
- 1953/54 in Berlin: 4th place in singles (loss to Conny Freundorfer ), victory in doubles with Vilim Harangozo
- 1954/55 in Kiel: 3rd place in doubles with Aleksandar Grujic, victory in mixed with Helen Elliot (victory in the final against Conny Freundorfer / Hannelore Schlaf )
- 1959/60 in Berlin: 2nd place in singles, victory in doubles with Vilim Harangozo (victory in the final against Ernst and Herbert Gomolla )
- 1960/61 in Berlin: 4th place in doubles with Željko Hrbud
- 1962/63 in Frankfurt am Main: Victory in doubles with Istvan Korpa
With the club SD Borac Zagreb Vogrinc was 1951 Yugoslav national champion. He later played for SD Graficar Zagreb. In the ITTF world rankings , he was 15th in 1956.
Private
Vogrinc was a lithographer by profession . He was married.
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YUG | European Championship | 1962 | Berlin | FRG | last 16 | |||
| YUG | European Championship | 1960 | Zagreb | YUG | Semifinals | |||
| YUG | European Championship | 1958 | Budapest | HUN | Quarter finals | |||
| YUG | World Championship | 1961 | Beijing | CHN | last 32 | last 32 | no participants | 4th |
| YUG | World Championship | 1959 | Dortmund | FRG | last 128 | last 64 | no participants | 5 |
| YUG | World Championship | 1957 | Stockholm | SWE | last 32 | Quarter finals | no participants | 5 |
| YUG | World Championship | 1955 | Utrecht | NED | last 16 | last 64 | last 64 | 5 |
| YUG | World Championship | 1954 | Wembley | CLOSELY | last 32 | last 64 | last 32 | 4th |
| YUG | World Championship | 1953 | Bucharest | ROU | last 64 | last 32 | Scratched | 5 |
| YUG | World Championship | 1951 | Vienna | AUT | Scratched | Scratched | no participants | 3 |
| YUG | World Championship | 1949 | Stockholm | SWE | last 32 | no participants | no participants | 7th |
| YUG | World Championship | 1948 | Wembley | CLOSELY | last 64 | last 32 | no participants | 5 |
swell
- News of Vogrinc's death: DTS magazine , 1988/9 p. 29
- 75 Years of the German Table Tennis Association - A game for life , ISBN 3-00-005890-7 , pp. 133-137
Individual evidence
- ↑ "died at the age of 64", DTS magazine 1988/9 p. 29
- ↑ DTS magazine 1951/13 issue West-Süd p. 2
- ↑ a b Journal DTS 1954/5 p. 5
- ↑ DTS magazine 1956/7 West issue p. 15
- ↑ ITTF statistics ( memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 16, 2011)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vogrinc, Josip |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1924 or 1925 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1988 |