Michael Maze

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Michael Maze Table tennis player
Michael Maze
Michael Maze
Nation: DenmarkDenmark Denmark
Date of birth: September 1, 1981
Place of birth: Fakse
Playing hand: left handed
How to play: Shakehand
Current world rankings : 455
Best world ranking : 8 (January 2010)

Michael Maze (born September 1, 1981 in Fakse ) is a Danish table tennis player . He played eight years in the table tennis Bundesliga for the German record champions Borussia Düsseldorf .

Career

World ranking positions by Michael Maze

Maze grew up with three siblings. His father played football in the second Danish league. So Maze started out with football. At the age of six he got to know table tennis, when he was thirteen he concentrated entirely on table tennis. His talent was noticed early on. He was sponsored by the Danish national coach Peter Sartz. In 1996 he was European youth champion, and in 1997 he took part in a world championship for the first time , where he was in the top 128 in singles and in the top 32 in doubles, just like at the next World Cup in 1999, in which he again European youth champion was. In doubles with Finn Tugwell he qualified for the 2000 Olympic Games , in which they reached the round of 16, the following year Maze came to the last 32 at the World Championships in singles and doubles. In 2002 he moved into the Danish and Brazilian Open Semi-finals and won his first medals on the Pro Tour . He was also able to qualify for the Pro Tour Grand Finals for the first time this year.

After he reached the semi-finals in 2003 when he first participated in the Europe Top 12 , he was able to win gold the following year, and he won bronze with Finn Tugwell at the Olympic Games and the Grand Finals in 2004. In 2005 he was European champion with the team that drew in his first World Cup participation in the quarterfinals and reached the semi-finals at the World Cup . He defeated, among others, Wang Hao and Hao Shuai , against whom he was already 0: 3 and 7:10 behind, but was still able to win 4: 3. Then Maze was named Sportsman of the Year in Denmark. He won bronze at the 2006 Europe Top 12 and the 2007 European Championship , and in 2009 he was European champion in the individual - after a 4: 3 over defending champion Timo Boll and a 4: 1 against the 2003 world champion Werner Schlager - and vice-European champion in the team. In addition, he was able to reach the quarter-finals at the World Cup and World Cup , but after that he was not very active internationally. In 2011 Michael Maze celebrated a comeback at the European Super Cup in Russia after a long injury break. He won the final against Dimitrij Ovtcharov 4: 3 and secured $ 50,000 in prize money. In 2012 he lost in the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games 3: 4 against Dimitrij Ovtcharov, whom he was able to beat at the World Cup , where he was eliminated in the quarter-finals against eventual winner Ma Long . After another injury break, he reached the final of the Europe Top 12 2014, but could not take part in the World Cup and the European Championship in the same year because he had to undergo surgery again. At the 2015 European Championships , he failed to qualify, and on March 14, 2016, he ended his career due to many injuries. From the end of the year, however, he played for Roskilde board tennis again in the Champions League , and in February 2018 he announced a comeback with the aim of qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games. In April / May he took part in the team world championship .

Game system

Maze is a left-handed and shakehand attack player whose special stroke is the forehand topspin. He is also considered to be one of the best balloon defenders. He is under contract with the manufacturer Butterfly and plays with the blade "Butterfly Maze Off", which is specially made for him and is based on the "Butterfly Boll Spirit". Then he plays Bryce Speed ​​(red; 2.1 mm) on the forehand and Bryce Speed ​​(black 2.1 mm) on the backhand

former clubs

Maze started his career at Kvik Naestved in Denmark, where he was active until 1998. He then moved to Germany to Borussia Düsseldorf , for which he played for eight years. In 2006 he went to Levallois SC TT in France, from where he moved back to Denmark in 2008, to Roskilde BTK. Since 2009 Maze has been forced to take long breaks from play due to knee and hip problems.

Poker

Due to his injury-related table tennis breaks, Michael Maze devoted himself to poker , where he finished 7th at the 2010 Danish Championships.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
THE European Championship 2015 Ekaterinburg RUS Agony
THE  European Championship  2012  Herning  THE last 64 
THE  European Championship  2009  Stuttgart  GER   gold      2
THE  European Championship  2008  St. Petersburg  RUS   Quarter finals       
THE  European Championship  2007  Belgrade  SRB   Semifinals       
THE  European Championship  2005  Aarhus  THE         1
THE  European Championship  2003  Courmayeur  ITA   Quarter finals  Quarter finals     
THE  European Youth Championship (Cadets)  1996  Frydek-Mistek  CZE   gold  silver     
THE  European Youth Championship (Juniors)  1999  Frydek-Mistek  CZE   gold  gold     
THE  European Youth Championship (Juniors)  1998  Norcia  ITA   silver  silver     
THE EURO TOP12 2014 Lausanne SUI silver
THE  EURO TOP12  2009  Dusseldorf  GER  Semifinals   
THE  EURO TOP12  2008  Frankfurt  GER   9-12 space       
THE  EURO TOP12  2006  Copenhagen  THE   Semifinals       
THE  EURO TOP12  2005  Rennes  FRA   9-12 space       
THE  EURO TOP12  2004  Frankfurt  GER   gold       
THE  EURO TOP12  2003  Saarbrücken  GER   Semifinals       
THE  Nordic championships  1998  Oslo  NOR   silver      1
THE  Olympic games  2012  London  CLOSELY   Quarter finals       
THE  Olympic games  2008  Beijing  CHN   last 32       
THE  Olympic games  2004  Athens  GRE   last 32  bronze     
THE  Olympic games  2000  Sydney  OUT   last 16     
THE  Pro tour  2012  Kobe  JPN   last 16       
THE  Pro tour  2010  Berlin  GER   Quarter finals       
THE  Pro tour  2009  Sheffield  CLOSELY   Quarter finals       
THE  Pro tour  2009  Seoul  COR   Quarter finals       
THE  Pro tour  2009  Tianjin  CHN   last 16       
THE  Pro tour  2009  Bremen  GER   last 64       
THE  Pro tour  2009  Kuwait City  KUW   last 16       
THE  Pro tour  2009  Frederikshavn  THE   Quarter finals       
THE  Pro tour  2009  Frederikshavn  THE     Quarter finals     
THE  Pro tour  2008  Warsaw  POLE   silver       
THE  Pro tour  2008  Berlin  GER   last 16      5 
THE  Pro tour  2008  Salzburg  AUT   last 32       
THE  Pro tour  2008  Yokohama  JPN   last 16       
THE  Pro tour  2008  Doha  QAT   last 16       
THE  Pro tour  2008  Kuwait City  KUW   Quarter finals       
THE  Pro tour  2008  Velenje  SVN   last 32       
THE  Pro tour  2007  Stockholm  SWE   last 16       
THE  Pro tour  2007  Toulouse  FRA   last 16       
THE  Pro tour  2007  St. Petersburg  RUS   last 16       
THE  Pro tour  2007  Shenzhen  CHN   last 32       
THE  Pro tour  2007  Chiba  JPN   last 16       
THE  Pro tour  2007  Salwa Cup  KUW   last 32       
THE  Pro tour  2007  Doha  QAT   last 16       
THE  Pro tour  2006  Warsaw  POLE   last 16       
THE  Pro tour  2006  St. Petersburg  RUS   Semifinals       
THE  Pro tour  2006  Yokohama  JPN   last 64       
THE  Pro tour  2006  Kunshan  CHN   last 64       
THE  Pro tour  2006  Zagreb  HRV   last 32       
THE  Pro tour  2005  Magdeburg  GER   last 16       
THE  Pro tour  2005  Yokohama  JPN   last 64       
THE  Pro tour  2005  Shenzhen  CHN   Quarter finals       
THE  Pro tour  2005  Zagreb  HRV   last 64  last 16     
THE  Pro tour  2004  Leipzig  GER   last 16  Semifinals     
THE  Pro tour  2004  Aarhus  THE   gold  silver     
THE  Pro tour  2004  Warsaw  POLE   Quarter finals       
THE  Pro tour  2004  Kobe  JPN   last 16  Quarter finals     
THE  Pro tour  2004  Chicago  United States   last 32       
THE  Pro tour  2004  Rio de Janeiro  BRA   last 32  Quarter finals     
THE  Pro tour  2004  Singapore  SIN   Quarter finals       
THE  Pro tour  2004  Croatia  HRV   Quarter finals  Quarter finals     
THE  Pro tour  2003  Malmo  SWE   last 32  Scratched     
THE  Pro tour  2003  Aarhus  THE   last 32       
THE  Pro tour  2003  Bremen  GER   last 32       
THE  Pro tour  2003  Johor Bahru  MAS   Quarter finals       
THE  Pro tour  2003  Kobe  JPN   last 32       
THE  Pro tour  2002  Farum  THE   Semifinals       
THE  Pro tour  2002  Warsaw  POLE   last 16  Quarter finals     
THE  Pro tour  2002  Eindhoven  NED   last 16  last 16     
THE  Pro tour  2002  Magdeburg  GER   last 16       
THE  Pro tour  2002  Kobe  JPN   Quarter finals       
THE  Pro tour  2002  Gangneung City  COR   last 16       
THE  Pro tour  2002  São Paulo  BRA   Semifinals  Semifinals     
THE  Pro tour  2002  Fort Lauderdale  United States   last 64  last 16     
THE  Pro tour  2002  catfish  AUT   WHERE       
THE  Pro tour  2001  Farum  THE   Rd 1  last 16     
THE  Pro tour  2001  Skovde  SWE   Rd 1  Scratched     
THE  Pro tour  2001  Rotterdam  NED   last 16  last 16     
THE  Pro tour  2001  Yokohama  JPN   last 32  Rd 1     
THE  Pro tour  2001  Seoul  COR   last 16  last 16     
THE  Pro tour  2001  Doha  QAT   last 32  Quarter finals     
THE  Pro tour  2000  Farum  THE   last 32  last 16     
THE  Pro tour  2000  Umeå  SWE   Rd 1  last 16     
THE  Pro tour  2000  Toulouse  FRA   last 16  Quarter finals     
THE  Pro tour  2000  Kobe City  JPN   Rd 1  Quarter finals     
THE  Pro tour  2000  Zagreb  HRV   last 32       
THE  Pro tour  1999  Hopton-on-Sea  CLOSELY     Rd 1     
THE  Pro tour  1998  Sundsvall  SWE   Rd 1       
THE  Pro tour  1998  Belgrade  YUG   Rd 1       
THE  Pro tour  1997  Gdańsk  POLE     last 16     
THE  Pro tour  1997  Kettering  CLOSELY   Rd 1       
THE  Pro Tour Grand Finals  2008  Macau  MAC   last 16       
THE  Pro Tour Grand Finals  2004  Beijing  CHN   Quarter finals  Semifinals     
THE  Pro Tour Grand Finals  2002  Stockholm  SWE   last 16       
THE World Championship 2018 Halmstad SWE 29
THE World Championship 2014 Tokyo JPN 21-24
THE  World Championship  2010  Moscow  RUS     23
THE  World Championship  2009  Yokohama  JPN   Quarter finals       
THE  World Championship  2008  Guangzhou   CHN         11 
THE  World Championship  2007  Zagreb  HRV   last 64  last 16   
THE  World Championship  2006  Bremen  GER         24 
THE  World Championship  2005  Shanghai  CHN   Semifinals  last 16     
THE  World Championship  2004  Doha  QAT         15th 
THE  World Championship  2003  Paris  FRA   last 128  last 32     
THE  World Championship  2001  Osaka  JPN   last 32  last 32  33 
THE  World Championship  2000  Kuala Lumpur  MAS         13-16 
THE  World Championship  1999  Eindhoven  NED   last 128  last 32  last 128   
THE  World Championship  1997  Manchester  CLOSELY   last 128  last 32  Rd 2  21st 
THE  World cup  2012  Liverpool  CLOSELY Quarter finals    
THE  World cup  2009  Moscow  RUS Quarter finals
THE  World cup  2008  Liege   BEL  9-12 space
THE  World cup  2005  Liege  BEL  Quarter finals

literature

  • Rahul Nelson: Michael Maze - Fire under the Ice , DTS magazine , 2001/10 pages 32–34
  • Rahul Nelson: That was a maze moment , table tennis magazine , 2009/10 pages 10-11
  • René Adler: I miss it like hell , table tennis magazine , 2013/7 pages 22–23

Web links

Commons : Michael Maze  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ results.ittf.link . (accessed July 1, 2018).
  2. ↑ Goodbye Michael Maze! butterflymag.com, March 23, 2016, accessed April 1, 2018 .
  3. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2006/2 page 7
  4. ^ EM: Michael Maze fails after another operation. mytischtennis.de, September 22, 2014, accessed on April 1, 2018 .
  5. ↑ tischtennis.de - "Magic Maze" ends its career ( memento of the original from October 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on October 26, 2016) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tischtennis.de
  6. ↑ mytischtennis.de - "Maze defeat at Champions League appearance for Roskilde (accessed on October 28, 2016)
  7. ↑ Michael Maze Ready to Return to International Table Tennis - Tokyo 2020 is the Main Goal. f-reklame.dk, February 20, 2018, accessed on March 1, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Step by step Michael Maze returns to international scene. ittf.com, May 3, 2018, accessed May 3, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Poker Results at Hendon Mob
  10. ↑ Michael Maze Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed June 21, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Maze, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Fakse , Denmark