Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen (table tennis player)

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Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen (* around 1914; † unknown) was a Swiss table tennis player with his greatest successes in the 1940s and 1950s. He was a six-time national champion in singles and participated in seven world championships .

Career

Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen won a total of 23 titles at the Swiss National Championships between 1938 and 1964, namely six in singles and 17 in doubles. With the club Silver Star Geneva he was Swiss team champion several times.

From 1947 to 1959 he was nominated for seven world championships , but never came close to medals in the individual competitions. Only with the team did he reach fifth place in 1950 and seventh place in 1951 . In 1958 he took part in the European Championship .

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
SUI World Championship 1959 Dortmund FRG last 256 last 128 no participants 23
SUI World Championship 1957 Stockholm SWE last 256 last 64 last 128 17th
SUI World Championship 1955 Utrecht NED last 64 last 128 last 64 14th
SUI World Championship 1953 Bucharest ROU last 64 last 32 no participants 13
SUI World Championship 1951 Vienna AUT last 128 last 64 no participants 7th
SUI World Championship 1950 Budapest HUN last 16 last 64 no participants 5
SUI World Championship 1947 Paris FRA last 64 last 64 no participants 13

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to Tischtennisschau 1971/5 (November 1971) page 23, the table tennis players Mario Mariotti , Hugo Urchetti and Meyer de Stadelhofen were "together about 140 years" old in 1971. In 1971 Mario Mariotti (* 1940) was 31 years old and Hugo Urchetti (* 1919) was 52 years old. From this it follows: In 1971 Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen was around 140 - 31 - 52 = 57 years old, consequently born around 1914. TT show online (accessed on March 4, 2015)
  2. ↑ Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen (table tennis player) Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on March 4, 2015)
personal data
SURNAME Meyer de Stadelhofen, Marcel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH around 1914
DATE OF DEATH 20th century or 21st century