Manfred Nieswand

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Manfred Nieswand (born July 31, 1955 ) is a German table tennis player . He became German champion twice.

In 1977 Nieswand won the DTTB TOP-12 junior ranking tournament. At the National German Championships he regularly played doubles with Wilfried Lieck . After a third place in 1981, this double won the German championship title in 1982. As a result, it reached the final every time from 1983 to 1987, but without winning the title again. 1983 Nieswand won the mixed competition with Birgit Lehr .

Nieswand began playing table tennis at the TTV Eintracht Altenbochum club, which he left in 1974 for DSC Wanne-Eickel. Further stations - for the most part within the Bundesliga - were

After 2000, Nieswand achieved even more successes in senior tournaments. He won bronze in singles at the Senior World Championships in 2002 and 2006. In 2007 he reached the final at the European Championship. He was German senior champion in 2000 and 2003 (class 40+), 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2014 (class 50+). In 2016 he became world champion in the age group over 60.

swell

  • Manfred Schäfer: A game for life. 75 years of DTTB. (1925-2000) . Published by the German Table Tennis Association. DTTB, Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-00-005890-7 .
  • Heinz Lesk: Manfred Nieswand was the master of men 50 , table tennis magazine , 2009/9 regional southwest page 1
  • Rahul Nelson: There's still room in the attic , table tennis magazine , 2018/6. Pages 26–27

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anniversary book "75 years DTTB" page 165
  2. ^ Anniversary book "75 Years of DTTB", pages 143–145
  3. ↑ Magazine DTS , 1974/11 Page 62
  4. ↑ DTS magazine , 1976/8 page 35
  5. ↑ DTS magazine , 1982/16 page 34
  6. ↑ DTS magazine , 1984/3 page 27
  7. ↑ DTS magazine , 1985/6 page 22
  8. ↑ DTS magazine , 1987/6 page 13
  9. ↑ DTS magazine , 1988/6 page 8
  10. ↑ DTS magazine , 1990/6 page 16
  11. ↑ DTS magazine , 1991/6 page 9
  12. ↑ DTS magazine , 1997/8 regional West, page 4
  13. ↑ Raimund Lenges: Almost 500 seniors start in the title fights on the Whitsun weekend in Dillingen , article from May 16, 2018 on tischtennis.de (accessed on May 16, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Nieswand, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1955