Marlies Berger

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Marlies Berger - married Westphal - (* around 1943) is a German table tennis player .

Career

Berger began her career at the Grünweiß Frankfurt club and moved to Eintracht Frankfurt in 1957 . With its women's team, she was German champion in 1957/58 and 1958/59.

In 1962 she was nominated for the individual competitions of the European Championship . She won the singles against Ana Maria Navarro (Spain), Josee Wouters (Belgium) and lost in the third round to Mary Shannon (England). The doubles with Rosemarie Gomolla reached the quarter-finals after victories over Micheline Stas / Josiane Cornelis (Belgium) and Monique Jaquet / Franziska Hassler (Switzerland), where it failed to the later European champions Mary Shannon / Diane Rowe (England). She also made it to the quarter-finals in mixed with her brother Wolf Berger . They won against Paul Bertrand / Josee Wouters (Belgium), Bjorne Mellstroem / Birgitta Tegner (Sweden) and Manfred Konieczka / Edith Steinke (Germany). Then Alsér / Harst (Sweden / Germany) were too strong.

In April 1964, she played her first international match. She won once against the Netherlands and had to admit defeat twice. In total, she took part in six international matches, including several unofficial international matches.

In the 1963/64 season she achieved an 18-0 record in the Oberliga , which was then the highest German division. At the National German Championships she reached the semi-finals twice: in 1963 in doubles with Karla Schulz and in 1966 in mixed with Wolf Berger.

Private

Berger has a brother, the national player Wolf Berger . After her marriage she was called Marlies Westphal . In 1962 she became secretary at the German Football Association (DFB) .

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
FRG  European Championship  1962  Berlin  FRG   last 16  Quarter finals  Quarter finals   

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 16 years old according to DTS magazine , 1959/11 page 2
  2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1957/2 page 14
  3. ↑ Magazine DTS , 1957/22 Page 9
  4. ↑ Magazine DTS , 1964/8 Page 1
  5. ↑ DTS magazine , 1971/20 page 30
  6. ↑ DTS magazine , 1964/8 page 7
  7. ^ Plopp - The table tennis magazine for Hessen 1996/6 page 20
  8. ↑ DTS magazine , 1963/3 page 6
  9. ↑ Marlies Berger Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 4, 2011)

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personal data
SURNAME Berger, Marlies
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Westphal, Marlies
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH around 1943