Karl Sediwy

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Karl Sediwy (* approx. 1916; † unknown) was an Austrian table tennis player . He was twice Austrian champion and once German champion in the individual .

Career

Karl Sediwy played in various Austrian table tennis clubs, including Sturm II and Oe. JR Donaustadt (1937). He was successful from 1934. In this and the following year he was Austrian champion in individual. At world championships he won two silver and one bronze with the Austrian team .

Like Trude Pritzi , he took part in the German championships after Austria was annexed to Germany. He was German champion in the individual in 1938 and German team champion in 1939 with the Post Sports Club Vienna . Sediwy came to Munich for his first international assignment on May 2, 1938. In the international match against Sweden he won his singles against Andersson and Gustaf Johnsson.

Sporting successes

  • Participation in world championships:
    • 1934 in Paris: 2nd place with Team Austria
    • 1935 in London: 3rd place with Team Austria
    • 1938 in London: 2nd place with Team Austria
  • International championships
  • German team championships
    • 1939 in Hamburg: 1st place with PSV Vienna
  • Gaume Championships
    • 1938 in Breslau: 1st place with the Ostmark team

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
TCH World Championship 1932 Prague TCH last 64 Scratched no participants

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sediwy was 18 years old in January 1935, according to (Wiener) Sporttagblatt, January 9, 1935, page 4 Online (accessed November 8, 2019) - many sources write "Josef Sediwy"
  2. ↑ It is very likely that Karl Sediwy died in September 1988 at the age of 73 and was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery ( search for the deceased at friedhoefewien.at ).
  3. ↑ Sport-Tagblatt , January 22, 1938, page 5 (accessed June 21, 2013).
  4. ↑ German Table Tennis Association e. V. - 50 years young . Published by the German Table Tennis Association (DTTB) , 1975, chapter “ Sternstunden” of the German Table Tennis Association by Hanne and Jupp Schlaf , page III.
  5. ↑ Karl Sediwy results from the ITTF database (accessed on 17 May 2012) on ittf.com.
personal data
SURNAME Sediwy, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schediwy, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH around 1916