Nicole Struse
Nicole Struse 
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| Date of birth: | May 31, 1971 |
| Place of birth: | Haan |
| Playing hand: | Right handed |
| How to play: | Shakehand |
| Best world ranking : | 10 (late 1996) |
| Best continental ranking: | 1 (December 1995) |
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Nicole Struse (born May 31, 1971 in Haan ) is a German table tennis player who has played both nationally and internationally in singles and doubles. She is a multiple German champion (including nine singles titles, in 1987 the youngest German champion to date) and won several European championships , both in singles ( 1996 ) and with the team (1996, 1998 ) and together with Elke Wosik in doubles (1996 , 1998). In addition, she took part in a total of four summer Olympic Games between 1992 and 2004 . With 205 appearances, she is a record national player.
In 2004 she won the European ranking tournament Europe TOP-12 . By winning the eighth German individual championship in 2005, she replaced Hilde Bussmann and Trude Pritzi as record holders. In 2006 she won the doubles title with Wu Jiaduo .
Struse is right-handed and her strong point is attacking. At the end of the 2012/13 season, she ended her career as a competitive athlete.
Success in youth
| year | place | event | placement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Esting | DTTB top 12 students | 1st place |
| 1985 | Hildesheim | German championship students | 1st place single 1st place double with Cornelia Faltermaier 1st place mixed with Peter Franz |
| 1986 | Viernheim | German championship youth | 1st place double with Cornelia Faltermaier 1st place mixed with Christian Franzel |
| 1987 | Rees | DTTB-Top 12 youth | place 2 |
| 1987 | Erding | German championship youth | 2nd place single 2nd place double with Cornelia Faltermaier |
| 1988 | Zweibrücken | DTTB-Top 12 youth | 1st place |
| 1988 | Hanau | German championship youth | 1st place single 1st place double with Cornelia Faltermaier |
| 1989 | Hagen (Teutob. Forest) | German Championship Juniors | 2nd place single place 1 double with Dagmar Dresselhaus |
| 1990 | Cologne | German Championship Juniors | 1st place double with Katja Nolten |
societies
Nicole Struse belonged u. a. the following associations:
- SSVg Haan (from 1980)
- TTC Fortuna Solingen
- DSC Kaiserberg (1985–1986)
- White-Red-White Kleve (1986–1987)
- Spvg Steinhagen (1987–1994)
- TSG Dülmen (1994–1997)
- Assistance Coesfeld (1997–1998)
- Montpellier TT (France) (1999–2000)
- FSV Kroppach (2000-2009)
- SV Böblingen (2009-2013)
Private
On May 1, 2000 Struse was accepted into the sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr Mainz. In 2010 Struse is the ambassador for the Gay Games in Cologne . In January 2012, Nicole Struse hosted the TV show " The Perfect Dinner " in Cologne, broadcast on the private TV channel VOX .
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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| GER | European Championship | 2007 | Belgrade | SRB | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | European Championship | 2005 | Aarhus | THE | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | European Championship | 2003 | Courmayeur | ITA | Quarter finals | |||
| GER | European Championship | 2002 | Zagreb | HRV | 2 | |||
| GER | European Championship | 2000 | Bremen | GER | Semifinals | Quarter finals | 2 | |
| GER | European Championship | 1998 | Eindhoven | NED | Semifinals | gold | 1 | |
| GER | European Championship | 1996 | Bratislava | SVK | gold | gold | 1 | |
| GER | European Championship | 1994 | Birmingham | CLOSELY | Semifinals | Quarter finals | 2 | |
| GER | European Championship | 1992 | Stuttgart | GER | Quarter finals | |||
| GER | EURO TOP12 | 2007 | Arezzo | ITA | 5th place | |||
| GER | EURO TOP12 | 2006 | Copenhagen | THE | 5th place | |||
| GER | EURO TOP12 | 2005 | Rennes | FRA | 5th place | |||
| GER | EURO TOP12 | 2004 | Frankfurt | GER | 1st place | |||
| GER | EURO TOP12 | 2003 | Saarbrücken | GER | 5th place | |||
| GER | EURO TOP12 | 2002 | Rotterdam | NED | 2 | |||
| GER | EURO TOP12 | 2001 | catfish | AUT | 5 | |||
| GER | EURO TOP12 | 2000 | Alassio | ITA | Scratched | |||
| GER | EURO TOP12 | 1999 | Split | HRV | 7th | |||
| GER | EURO TOP12 | 1998 | Halmstad | SWE | 2 | |||
| GER | EURO TOP12 | 1996 | Charleroi | BEL | 3 | |||
| GER | EURO TOP12 | 1995 | Dijon | FRA | 3 | |||
| GER | EURO TOP12 | 1994 | Arezzo | ITA | 3 | |||
| GER | Olympic games | 2004 | Athens | GRE | last 64 | last 32 | ||
| GER | Olympic games | 2000 | Sydney | OUT | no participants | last 16 | ||
| GER | Olympic games | 1996 | Atlanta | United States | Quarter finals | immediately excluded | ||
| GER | Olympic games | 1992 | Barcelona | ESP | no participants | immediately excluded | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2007 | Bremen | GER | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2007 | catfish | AUT | last 64 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2007 | St. Petersburg | RUS | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2007 | Chiba | JPN | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2007 | Seongnam | COR | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2007 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | last 16 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2006 | Yokohama | JPN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2006 | Kuwait City | KUW | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2006 | Doha | QAT | Semifinals | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2006 | Zagreb | HRV | last 16 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2005 | Gothenburg | SWE | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2005 | Magdeburg | GER | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2005 | Yokohama | JPN | last 32 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2005 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | last 32 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2005 | Santiago | CHI | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2005 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2005 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2005 | Zagreb | HRV | last 16 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2004 | Athens | GRE | last 16 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2003 | Malmo | SWE | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2003 | Bremen | GER | last 32 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2003 | Croatia | HRV | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2002 | Farum | THE | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2002 | Warsaw | POLE | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2002 | Magdeburg | GER | last 32 | Scratched | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2002 | Kobe | JPN | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2002 | Gangneung City | COR | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2002 | São Paulo | BRA | silver | Semifinals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2002 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2002 | Cairo | EGY | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2002 | catfish | AUT | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2001 | Skovde | SWE | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2001 | Rotterdam | NED | last 32 | last 32 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2001 | Bayreuth | GER | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2001 | Zagreb | HRV | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2001 | Chatham | CLOSELY | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2000 | Umeå | SWE | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2000 | Warsaw | POLE | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2000 | Toulouse | FRA | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 1999 | Linz / Wels | AUT | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 1999 | Bremen | GER | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 1998 | Sundsvall | SWE | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 1998 | Belgrade | YUG | Quarter finals | Rd 1 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 1997 | Linz | AUT | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 1997 | Kettering | CLOSELY | last 16 | silver | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 1996 | Lyon | FRA | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 1996 | Bolzano | ITA | Semifinals | |||
| GER | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2005 | Fuzhou | CHN | Quarter finals | |||
| GER | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2002 | Stockholm | SWE | Quarter finals | |||
| GER | World Championship | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | last 32 | Quarter finals | no participants | |
| GER | World Championship | 2006 | Bremen | GER | 11 | |||
| GER | World Championship | 2005 | Shanghai | CHN | last 64 | last 16 | last 16 | |
| GER | World Championship | 2004 | Doha | QAT | 6th | |||
| GER | World Championship | 2003 | Paris | FRA | last 32 | last 32 | ||
| GER | World Championship | 2001 | Osaka | JPN | last 32 | last 16 | last 32 | 9 |
| GER | World Championship | 2000 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 5-8 | |||
| GER | World Championship | 1999 | Eindhoven | NED | last 64 | last 32 | last 16 | |
| GER | World Championship | 1997 | Manchester | CLOSELY | Quarter finals | last 32 | Scratched | 3 |
| GER | World Championship | 1995 | Tianjin | CHN | last 16 | last 16 | Quarter finals | 6th |
| GER | World Championship | 1993 | Gothenburg | SWE | Quarter finals | last 32 | last 64 | 6th |
| GER | World Championship | 1991 | Chiba City | JPN | last 128 | Agony | Quarter finals | 13 |
| FRG | World Championship | 1989 | Dortmund | FRG | last 128 | last 64 | last 32 | 19th |
| GER | World cup | 2006 | Urumqi | CHN | 13-16 space | |||
| GER | World cup | 1998 | Taipei | TPE | 13-16 space | |||
| GER | World cup | 1996 | Hong Kong | HKG | Scratched | |||
| GER | WTC World Team Cup | 2007 | Magdeburg | GER | 5 | |||
| GER | WTC World Team Cup | 1995 | Atlanta | United States | 5 | |||
| GER | WTC World Team Cup | 1994 | Nimes | FRA | 2 |
literature
- Rahul Nelson: An energetic bundle of temperament on the way up: Nicole Struse , DTS magazine , 1990/6 pp. 36–38
- Manfred Schillings: At the peak of success , report on the three-time European champion in 1996, DTS magazine , 1996/6 pp. 8–9
- Rahul Nelson: The Life of Nicole Struse (4-part series)
Web links
- Report at Tischtennis Inside ( Memento from October 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed October 1, 2012)
Individual evidence
- ↑ World rankings 1947 to 2001 (Excel; 171 kB) (accessed on December 11, 2011)
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1996/1 p. 34
- ↑ a b Record national player Nicole Struse ends career (accessed on April 16, 2013)
- ↑ DTS magazine , 2005/3 p. 12
- ↑ 75 years of the German Table Tennis Association - A game for life , ISBN 3-00-005890-7 , p. 223; DTS magazine , 1984/11 regional West p. 2
- ↑ DTS magazine , 2000/7, p. 9.
- ↑ GayGames: Nicole Struse ( Memento from April 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on February 20, 2016)
- ^ Nicole Struse Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 15, 2011)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Struse, Nicole |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haan |