Kristin Lang

Kristin Lang
Kristin Silbereisen dressing up for the 2012 Olympic team in Germany
Nation:	Germany
Date of birth:	March 14, 1985
Place of birth:	Koblenz
Playing hand:	Right handed
How to play:	Shakehand
Current world rankings :	191
Best world ranking :	30 (December 2010)
Clubs as active: until 2002 SV winter advertising 2002-2003 TuS Bad Driburg 2003-2005 Homberger TS 2005-2010 TV Busenbach 2010-2013 FSV Kroppach 2013-2015 ttc berlin eastside since 2015 SV DJK Kolbermoor

Kristin Lang (* March 14, 1985 in Koblenz as Kristin Silbereisen ) is a German table tennis player and sports soldier . She was European champion in doubles in 2016 and 2018 and with the team in 2013 as well as German champion in singles in 2010, 2016 and 2017.

Career

Kristin Lang started playing table tennis when she was seven. First she played for the DJK Ochtendung . About the SV Winterwerb (until 2002), the TuS Bad Driburg (2002/03), the Homberger TS (from 2003), the TV Busenbach (from 2005) she came in 2010 for FSV Kroppach , for them in the table tennis league play . Since Kroppach withdrew his team from the Bundesliga at the end of the 2012/13 season, they moved to Ttc berlin eastside . In 2015 she joined the SV DJK Kolbermoor .

So far (2019) she has participated in fourteen world and ten European championships for adults. At the end of 2003 she won an ITTF Pro Tour tournament against Niu Jianfeng from China , who was third in the world rankings at the time . On October 12, 2004, she played her first international match: In the European Championship qualification against Italy, she lost 3-1 to Wenling Tan Monfardini . With the women's national team, she won the gold medal at the 2013 European Championships in Schwechat . Following the 2010 World Cup , she played in the 1st division of China at the Heilongjiang club.

In 2011 and 2019 she was named Player of the Year 2010 and 2018 respectively. In 2012, Silbereisen took part in the Summer Olympics in London. Then she reduced her sporting activities in favor of training as a physiotherapist.

Kristin Lang won the title with the German team at the 2013 European Championships in Schwechat . In the singles she was eliminated in the round of 16. In 2016 she won gold in doubles at the European Championships in Budapest alongside Sabine Winter . In 2018 she defended the title with Nina Mittelham .

successes

Between 2000 and 2019 Kristin Lang won a total of 26 medals at German championships, eight of them gold (three in singles, four in doubles and one in mixed). So she is the record holder for women so far (2019).

• German champion in singles: 2010, 2016, 2017
• European champion in doubles: 2016 (with Sabine Winter), 2018 (with Nina Mittelham )
• Third of the world championships with the team in 2010
• European champion with the team in 2013
• Third of the European Championships in doubles 2012 (with Wu Jiaduo )
• Third of the European Championships in doubles 2009 (with Zhenqi Barthel )
• Third of the European Championships with the team: 2007
• German champion in doubles: 2009 (with Zhenqi Barthel), 2012 (with Wu Jiaduo ), 2014 and 2017 (with Shan Xiaona )
• German runner-up in doubles: 2006 (with Elke Wosik ), 2007 (with Irene Ivancan )
• German Champion in Mixed Doubles: 2005 (with Christian Süß )
• German runner-up in mixed doubles: 2003 (with Oliver Alke )
• Third of the German championships in individual: 2008
• Third of the German Championships in doubles: 2008 (with Laura Stumper )
• Winner of the national ranking tournament of the Ladies: 2005, 2008
• Second in the national ranking tournament TOP-16
• West German champion in individual: 2003
• Rhineland champion in singles: 1999, 2000, 2001
• European champion with the girls' team: 2000, 2003
• Vice European Champion in Girls' Singles: 2001, 2002
• Third of the European Championships with the girls' team: 2001
• Third of the European Championships in girls' doubles: 2001 (with Laura Stumper ) and 2002 (with Alexandra Urban )
• European champion with the schoolgirl team: 1999

Private

Kristin's twin brother Daniel achieved regional league strengths (table tennis), as did her sister Cornelia, three years older than her, with whom she played at SV Winterwerb . Kristin Silbereisen has been married to Jochen Lang, a former player in the table tennis Bundesliga, since July 2017 and took his last name. She has a daughter with him (* January 2018).

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
GER	European Championship	2018	Alicante	ESP	last 64	gold
GER	European Championship	2016	Budapest	HUN	Quarter finals	gold	last 16
GER	European Championship	2013	Schwechat	AUT	last 16	last 16		1
GER	European Championship	2012	Herning	THE	Quarter finals	Semifinals
GER	European Championship	2011	Gdańsk-Sopot	POLE	last 16	Quarter finals
GER	European Championship	2010	Ostrava	CZE	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
GER	European Championship	2009	Stuttgart	GER		Semifinals
GER	European Youth Championship (Cadets)	1999	Frýdek-Místek	CZE				1
GER	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	2003	Novi Sad	YUG				1
GER	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	2001	Terni	ITA	silver
GER	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	2000	Bratislava	SVK				1
GER	EURO TOP16	2016	Gondomar	POR	9-12 space
GER	EURO TOP16	2015	Baku	BLR	7th place
GER	EURO TOP12	2011	Liege	BEL	5th place
GER	Olympic games	2012	London	CLOSELY	last 32			5
GER	World Tour	2014	Magdeburg	GER	last 64	Semifinals
GER	World Tour	2013	Berlin	GER	last 64	last 16
GER	World Tour	2013	Olomouc	CZE	Quarter finals	Semifinals
GER	World Tour	2013	Yokohama	JPN	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
GER	World Tour	2013	catfish	AUT	last 64	last 16
GER	World Tour	2012	Bremen	GER	last 64	Semifinals
GER	World Tour	2012	Ekaterinburg	RUS	Quarter finals	last 16
GER	World Tour	2012	Shanghai	CHN	last 32	last 16
GER	World Tour	2012	Incheon City	COR	Agony	last 16
GER	World Tour	2012	Almeria	ESP	Quarter finals	silver
GER	World Tour	2012	Velenje	SLO	last 32	Semifinals
GER	Pro tour	2011	Schwechat	AUT	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2011	Suzhou	CHN	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2011	Rabat	MAR	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2011	Shenzen	CHN	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2011	Dortmund	GER	last 64	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2010	catfish	AUT	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2010	Budaörs	HUN	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2010	Suzhou	CHN	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2010	Incheon	COR	last 16	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2010	Berlin	GER	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2010	Velenje	SVN	Quarter finals	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2009	Sheffield	CLOSELY	last 64	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2009	Seoul	COR	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2009	Tianjin	CHN	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2009	Minsk	BLR	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2009	Bremen	GER	last 16	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2009	Kuwait City	KUW	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2008	Berlin	GER	last 64			2
GER	Pro tour	2008	Salzburg	AUT	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2008	Changchun	CHN	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2008	Velenje	SVN	last 64	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2007	catfish	AUT	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2007	Salwa Cup	KUW	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2007	Doha	QAT	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2006	Bayreuth	GER	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2006	St. Petersburg	RUS	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2006	Belgrade	SRB	last 64	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2006	Guangzhou	CHN		last 16
GER	Pro tour	2006	Santiago	CHI	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2006	Sao Paulo	BRA	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2006	Kuwait City	KUW	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2006	Doha	QAT	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2006	Zagreb	HRV	last 64	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2006	Velenje	SVN	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2005	Magdeburg	GER	last 64	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2005	St. Petersburg	RUS	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2005	Yokohama	JPN		last 16
GER	Pro tour	2005	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2005	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	Semifinals	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2005	Zagreb	HRV	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2004	St. Petersburg	RUS	last 16	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2004	catfish	AUT	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2004	Leipzig	GER	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2004	Aarhus	THE	silver
GER	Pro tour	2004	Warsaw	POLE	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2004	Changchun	CHN		last 16
GER	Pro tour	2004	Athens	GRE	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2004	Croatia	HRV	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2003	Aarhus	THE	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2003	Bremen	GER	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2002	Eindhoven	NED	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2001	Farum	THE	Rd 1
GER	Pro tour	2001	Bayreuth	GER		last 32
GER	World Tour Grand Finals	2012	Hangzhou	CHN		Quarter finals
GER	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2004	Beijing	CHN	last 16
GER	World Championship	2019	Budapest	HUN	last 128	last 32
GER	World Championship	2018	Halmstad	SWE				9-12 space
GER	World Championship	2017	Dusseldorf	GER	last 16	last 32	last 16
GER	World Championship	2016	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				Quarter finals
GER	World Championship	2015	Suzhou	CHN	last 128	last 16
GER	World Championship	2014	Tokyo	JPN				Quarter finals
GER	World Championship	2013	Paris	FRA	last 32	last 16
GER	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				7th
GER	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 128	last 32
GER	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				3
GER	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	last 64	last 16	last 64
GER	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 128	no participants	last 128
GER	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				11
GER	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	last 64	last 16	last 64
GER	World cup	2011	Magdeburg	GER				5th place
GER	Youth World Championship	2003	Santiago	CHI	Quarter finals
GER	World Junior Circuit	2003	Platja d'Aro	ESP	gold
GER	WTC World Team Cup	2013	Guangzhou	CHN				5th place
GER	WTC World Team Cup	2010	Dubai	UAE				5th place

literature

• Rainer Stauber: The Silbereisens - Family Ties , DTS magazine , 1999/5 page 29
• Tobias Schall: A woman who dares to do something , DTS magazine , 2005/9 pages 10–14
• Susanne Heuing: Plan B relaxed , DTS magazine , 2016/14 pages 14–15

Individual evidence

1. ↑ results.ittf.link . (accessed July 1, 2018).
2. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2013/3 page 22
3. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2015/3 page 6
4. ↑ Magazine DTS , 2004/2 Page 29
5. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2004/11 page 11
6. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2010/7 page 6
7. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2011/4 page 7
8. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2013/6 page 20
9. ↑ Gold for Kristin Silbereisen and Sabine Winter in the women's doubles of the European Table Tennis Championships 2016 ( Memento from October 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2019/3 pages 18–19
11. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2017/8 page 7
12. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2018/2 page 6
13. ↑ Kristin Lang Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed June 21, 2014)

Web links

Commons : Kristin Silbereisen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Kristin Lang's homepage (accessed September 19, 2017)
• Kristin Lang biography on the website of the table tennis world association ittf.com (accessed June 21, 2014)
• Kristin Lang in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) (accessed June 21, 2014)