Milan Orlowski

Milan Orlowski (born September 7, 1952 in Prague ) was one of the best table tennis players in the world in the 1970s and 1980s .

youth

Orlowski was registered at the Sparta Prague club at the age of 10 by his father Marcel Orlowski, who was himself a good table tennis player (winner of the European Senior Championships 1995 over 80 in Vienna). Here the former European champion in doubles Ludvík Vyhnanovský recognized Milans talent; he became his trainer. As a teenager he was integrated into the senior team of Sparta Prague. In 1969 he won the European Youth Championship in Obertraun.

High point of the career

Milan Orlowski was European champion in the men's singles in Novi Sad in 1974. He won the Europe TOP-12 tournament twice (1977 and 1983) . He won several international titles and achieved a variety of placements in doubles and with the team. Between 1972 and 1982 he won the individual championships in Czechoslovakia seven times. Orlowski was an attacking player close to the table. His fast counter-attack, which - with short pimples on the outside - hardly gave the opponent time to react, was particularly feared .

Germany

Orlowski played in several German clubs. In 1983 he was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga with TTBG Steiner-Optik Bayreuth . In 1987 he moved to TTC Jülich , and in 1989 he returned to Steiner Bayreuth. After intermediate positions at TV Unterboihingen (1998) and TTC Creußen (from 1999) he plays today (2009) in Thuringia at Post SV Mühlhausen in 1951 in the 2nd Bundesliga. In 2007 he was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga with Post SV Mühlhausen.

Together with Jindřich Panský , Orlowski appeared in table tennis shows from the mid-1990s.

Private

Orlowski is an electrician by profession. His father Marcel turned 100 on September 30, 2015.

successes

Participation in table tennis world championships

• 1969 in Munich
• 1971 in Nagoya
  • 5th place single
• 1973 in Sarajevo
  • Quarter-finals in singles
• 1975 in Calcutta
• 1977 in Birmingham
  • Quarterfinals in doubles (with Gábor Gergely )
  • Quarter-finals in mixed (with Ilona Uhlíková )
• 1979 in Pyongyang
• 1981 in Novi Sad
• 1983 in Tokyo
• 1985 in Gothenburg
  • 2nd place doubles with Jindřich Panský
• Senior World Championships 2008 in Rio de Janeiro: 3rd place individual in age group 50+

Participation in European championships

• 1972 in Rotterdam
  • 3rd place doubles with Jindřich Panský
  • 2nd place mixed with Ilona Uhlíková
• 1974 in Novi Sad
  • 1st place single
  • 2nd place mixed with Alica Grofová
• 1976 in Prague
  • 2nd place doubles with Jaroslav Kunz
  • 2nd place mixed with Ilona Uhlíková
• 1978 in Duisburg
  • 1st place doubles with Gábor Gergely
• 1980 in Bern
  • 3rd place doubles with Jindřich Panský
  • 1st place mixed
• 1982 in Budapest
  • 2nd place with the team
• 1986 in Prague
  • 3rd place mixed with Ilona Uhlíková
• Senior European Championship 1995 in Vienna: 1st place in doubles

Participation in the European ranking tournament Top-12

• 1971 8th place - Zadar (CRO)
• 1972 8th place - Zagreb
• 1973 5th place - Böblingen
• 1974 2nd place - Trollhättan (SWE)
• 1975 6th place - Vienna
• 1976 5th place - Lübeck
• 1977 1st place - Sarajevo
• 1978 2nd place - Prague
• 1981 8th place - Miskolc (HUN)
• 1982 2nd place - Nantes
• 1983 1st place - Thornaby (ENG)
• 1984 6th place - Bratislava

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
TCH	European Championship	1986	Prague	TCH	last 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals
TCH	European Championship	1982	Budapest	HUN				2
TCH	European Championship	1980	Bern	SUI	last 16	Semifinals	gold
TCH	European Championship	1978	Duisburg	FRG	Quarter finals	gold
TCH	European Championship	1976	Prague	TCH	Semifinals	silver	silver
TCH	European Championship	1974	Novi Sad	YUG	gold	Quarter finals	silver
TCH	European Championship	1972	Rotterdam	NED		Semifinals	Semifinals
TCH	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1970	Teeside	CLOSELY	silver		gold	1
TCH	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1969	Obertraun	AUT	gold	gold	silver	1
TCH	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1968	Leningrad	URS				1
TCH	EURO TOP12	1984	Bratislava	TCH	6th
TCH	EURO TOP12	1983	Cleveland	CLOSELY	1
TCH	EURO TOP12	1982	Nantes	FRA	2
TCH	EURO TOP12	1981	Miskolc	HUN	8th
TCH	EURO TOP12	1978	Prague	TCH	2
TCH	EURO TOP12	1977	Sarajevo	YUG	1
TCH	EURO TOP12	1976	Lübeck	FRG	4th
TCH	EURO TOP12	1975	Vienna	AUT	6th
TCH	EURO TOP12	1974	Trollhatten	SWE	2
TCH	EURO TOP12	1973	Boeblingen	FRG	5
TCH	EURO TOP12	1972	Zagreb	YUG	8th
TCH	EURO TOP12	1971	Zadar	YUG	8th
TCH	World Championship	1985	Gothenburg	SWE	last 32	silver	no participants	7th
TCH	World Championship	1983	Tokyo	JPN	last 64	last 16	no participants	10
TCH	World Championship	1981	Novi Sad	YUG	last 16	last 16	last 32	4th
TCH	World Championship	1979	Pyongyang	PRK	last 16	last 16	last 16	4th
TCH	World Championship	1977	Birmingham	CLOSELY	last 16	Quarter finals	Quarter finals	6th
TCH	World Championship	1975	Calcutta	IND	last 32	last 16	last 16	4th
TCH	World Championship	1973	Sarajevo	YUG	Quarter finals	last 32	no participants	5
TCH	World Championship	1971	Nagoya	JPN	Quarter finals	last 16	last 16	11
TCH	World Championship	1969	Munich	FRG	last 128	last 16	Agony	7th
TCH	World cup	1982	Hong Kong	HKG	12
TCH	World cup	1981	Kuala Lumpur	MAS	5
TCH	World cup	1980	Hong Kong	HKG	4th

literature

• Mihaly Kozak: Orlowski: I'm not sparing myself , DTS magazine , 1977/3 pages 37–39

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1995/8 page 51
2. ↑ Magazine DTS , 1987/5 Page 22
3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1989/5 page 19
4. ↑ DTS magazine , 1998/6 regional south, page 2
5. ↑ DTS magazine , 2001/6 regional south, page 11
6. ↑ DTS magazine , 1977/1 issue Süd-West, page 31
7. ↑ Ian Marshall: Proud Father of Milan, Marcel Orlowski Celebrates100th Birthday article from September 30, 2015 on ittf.com (accessed October 8, 2015)
8. ↑ Milan Orlowski results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 13, 2011)