Marie Hrachová

Marie Hrachová (born November 12, 1963 in Ostrava ) is a Czech table tennis player . She was one of the best players in the ČSSR in the 1980s. Hrachová and her compatriot Jindřich Panský were considered one of the best European mixed pairs.

youth

When he was nine years old, Hrachová began playing table tennis. Two years later she was discovered and promoted by the national coach Marta Novotná. In 1978 her international success began with second place at the European Youth Championship. In 1979 she won the European Youth Championship in doubles with Alice Pelikanova, a year later she won the singles and mixed titles (with Vladislav Broda ). In 1981 she achieved three silver medals at this European Championship: in singles, doubles (with Miluse Kocova) and in mixed (with Vladislav Broda).

Adults

From 1979 to 1991 Hrachová took part in seven world championships . At her first World Cup in 1979 she caused a stir when she won against the North Korean world champion Pak Yung-sun . In 1985 she reached the mixed final with Panský.

At the European Championships she won in 1986 with Pansky in mixed. She won silver medals at European Championships in 1984 in mixed (with Panský), in 1986 in doubles (with Bettine Vriesekoop ) and in 1988 and 1990 with the Czech team.

In 1984 she took first place in the European ranking tournament Europe TOP-12 . In 1988 and 1992 she was nominated for the Summer Olympics. In 1993 she ended her international career.

In 1990 Hrachová moved to the French club ACBoulogne-Billancourt. In the early 2000s she played with Frýdlant nad Ostravicí .

trainer

In November 2010, Hrachová took over from Jana Dobešová as national coach of the Czech junior team.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
TCH	European Championship	1992	Stuttgart	GER	Semifinals	Quarter finals
TCH	European Championship	1990	Gothenburg	SWE	Quarter finals			2
TCH	European Championship	1988	Paris	FRA		Semifinals		2
TCH	European Championship	1986	Prague	TCH	last 16	silver	gold
TCH	European Championship	1984	Moscow	URS	Semifinals	Semifinals	silver
TCH	European Championship	1982	Budapest	HUN	last 16		Quarter finals
TCH	European Championship	1980	Bern	SUI		Quarter finals
TCH	European Youth Championship (Cadets)	1978	Barcelona	ESP	silver
TCH	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1981	Topolcany	TCH	silver	silver	silver
TCH	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1980	Poznań	POLE	gold		gold
TCH	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1979	Roma	ITA		gold
TCH	EURO TOP12	1991	Hertogenbosch	NED	4th
TCH	EURO TOP12	1990	Hanover	FRG	9
TCH	EURO TOP12	1989	Charleroi	BEL	9
TCH	EURO TOP12	1986	Sodertalje	SWE	8th
TCH	EURO TOP12	1985	Barcelona	ESP	3
TCH	EURO TOP12	1984	Bratislava	TCH	1
TCH	EURO TOP12	1983	Cleveland	CLOSELY	5
TCH	EURO TOP12	1982	Nantes	FRA	3
TCH	EURO TOP12	1981	Miskolc	HUN	7th
TCH	Olympic games	1992	Barcelona	ESP	last 16	immediately excluded
TCH	Olympic games	1988	Seoul	COR	4th	5
TCH	World Championship	1991	Chiba City	JPN	last 16	last 16	last 32	7th
TCH	World Championship	1989	Dortmund	FRG	last 32	last 32	last 32	7th
TCH	World Championship	1987	New Delhi	IND	Quarter finals	Quarter finals	Quarter finals	9
TCH	World Championship	1985	Gothenburg	SWE	last 32	last 16	silver	8th
TCH	World Championship	1983	Tokyo	JPN	last 16	last 16	last 16	6th
TCH	World Championship	1981	Novi Sad	YUG	last 32	last 64	last 16	10
TCH	World Championship	1979	Pyongyang	PRK	Agony	last 16	last 16	7th
TCH	World Doubles Cup	1990	Seoul	COR		Quarter finals
TCH	WTC World Team Cup	1991	Barcelona	ESP				5
TCH	WTC World Team Cup	1990	Hokkaido, Aomori, Niig	JPN				5

literature

• Stanislav Sigmund: Often only second but still great. Marie Hrachová . In: DTS . 1990/10, pp. 30-32

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1993/3 p. 32
2. ↑ Marie Hrachová trenérkou českých juniorek on pinces.cz (accessed March 27, 2017)
3. ^ ITTF statistics (accessed on September 8, 2011)