Karl Wegrath

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Karl Wegrath (born February 19, 1932 in Szombathely , Hungary, † October 14, 2018 in Judenburg ) was an Austrian table tennis player . At the European Championship in 1962 he won bronze in doubles.

Career

Karl Wegrath came from Judenburg and played for the Styrian club Alpine Donawitz . In October 1952 he received Austrian citizenship. He was Austrian champion in singles four times (1954, 1958, 1962, 1963), several times he won the title in doubles and mixed. In the Austrian ranking list he took first place in 1957/58.

From 1951 to 1963 he took part in seven world championships , but never came close to medal ranks. He achieved his greatest international success at the European Championship in 1962 , when he reached the semi-finals in doubles together with Hans Jell and was subject to the later title winners Markovic / Teran from Yugoslavia.

From 1945 to 1971 he was nominated for 76 international matches and achieved 106 wins and 69 defeats here. In 1976 he became (before Jell) Austrian senior champion. At that time he was still active in the highest league at ATUS Judenburg.

Karl Wegrath worked in the purchasing department of the Judenburg cast steelworks.

Karl Wegrath received several awards for his services:

  • Gold Medal of Merit of the Republic of Austria
  • Golden Ring of the City of Judenburg
  • State sport honor mark in gold of the state sport organization Styria

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
AUT European Championship 1962 Berlin FRG Semifinals
AUT European Championship 1958 Budapest HUN last 16
AUT World Championship 1963 Prague TCH last 256 last 128 last 128 17th
AUT World Championship 1959 Dortmund FRG last 256 last 32 last 16 9
AUT World Championship 1957 Stockholm SWE last 128 last 64 last 128 11
AUT World Championship 1955 Utrecht NED last 64 Scratched last 32 14th
AUT World Championship 1954 Wembley CLOSELY last 64 last 128 last 16 13
AUT World Championship 1953 Bucharest ROU last 128 last 64 no participants 11
AUT World Championship 1951 Vienna AUT Agony no participants no participants

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Naturalization certificate from October 10, 1952 ( OTRS ticket 2014102010014867 )
  2. ↑ a b Obituary on OETTV.org (accessed October 20, 2018)
  3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1959/12 page 4
  4. ↑ Zeitschrift Tischtennis-Schau 1966/2 Online (accessed on May 18, 2012) (PDF; 2.4 MB)
  5. ↑ Zeitschrift Tischtennis-Schau 1971/3 page 17 Online (accessed on May 18, 2012) (PDF; 3.6 MB)
  6. ↑ 80 years of the Vienna Table Tennis Association. Chronicle 1923-2002
  7. ↑ Sportfunk, Volume 31, No. 2, January 12, 1977, page 29
  8. ↑ STMK. State library: Steir. Newspaper doc. - Subject People (accessed May 18, 2012)
  9. ^ Karl Wegrath Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on May 18, 2012)
personal data
SURNAME Wegrath, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Szombathely
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 2018
Place of death Judenburg