Olga Nemes

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Olga Nemes (right) with the TTC Langweid team in the 2005 European Cup. From left to right: Andrea Bakula , Yunli Schreiner , Csilla Bátorfi and Lin Xu

Olga Nemes (born June 9, 1968 in Târgu Mureş , Mureş County , Romania ) is a successful table tennis player . The native Romanian of Hungarian origin has lived and played in Germany since 1984. She won the German championship five times and was European team champion twice.

Youth in Romania

Olga Nemes grew up in Romania. From the age of six she played table tennis. She played in the clubs of Târgu Mureş, at CS Arad and again in Târgu Mureş. During her time in Romania she achieved her first table tennis successes: in 1981 and 1982 she won the championship of Romania in singles and doubles, in 1983 she became European youth champion. At the World Championships in Tokyo she reached the last sixteen in the singles, and in the European TOP12 tournament she took first place. At the age of 14 she is still the youngest winner of the European TOP12. In 1983 she was ranked number 1 in the European ranking of girls. Nemes estimates that she competed for Romania about 40 times.

Due to increasing problems with the Romanian table tennis association, Olga Nemes feared that she would no longer be invited to international events. That is why she left the Romanian delegation during the Swiss International Championships in Olten in 1983 and fled to Germany. On May 21, 1985 she received German citizenship and subsequently played for Germany.

Career in Germany

Olga Nemes and Szilvia Káhn at the award ceremony of the Senior European Championship in Poreč in June 2009

After the mandatory ban when changing nations, Olga Nemes was eligible to play for the German national team from November 1985. Nevertheless, their participation in the 1986 European Championships in Prague was in jeopardy because the CSSR only guaranteed a return trip to Germany at the last moment and promised to reject a possible extradition request from Romania.

To date she has been appointed to the national team 170 times. She took part eight more times with Germany in world championships and eight times in European championships. In 1996 and 2000 she won the European gold medal with the women. At German championships she won the title five times in singles, four times in doubles and four times in mixed.

A thyroid disease forced her to take a seven-month break in 1987 and prevented her from taking part in the 1987 World Cup and the German Championship. In 1995 she won the German championship in singles and doubles just eight weeks after the birth of her son.

Her disappointment was great when she was not considered for the 2004 Olympic Games, despite winning the German championship in 2003. She moved to the Hungarian club Postas Budapest and has been playing for Romania again since 2005.

In 2009 she took part in a European Senior Championship for the first time. In the over 40s she won the singles and doubles titles with Szilvia Káhn .

Private

In May 1987 her parents and her younger sister Tünde moved to Germany. Olga is trained as a business consultant. In August 1994 she married Istvan Gaspar, a former Hungarian football player from the 2nd division; with him she has a son named Steven (* 1995). She is now divorced. Since 2003 she has been offering table tennis courses in Hungary.

In 1986 she published her biography Mein Tagebuch (Verlag Ingrid Weber-Sons, Neuhausen 1986, ISBN 3926282002 ).

Her sister Tünde (born May 13, 1970 ) joined the newly promoted Bundesliga TuS Glane in 1987 , later she played for several years in the 2nd table tennis Bundesliga (ATSV Saarbrücken, Fraulautern, VfL Sindelfingen).

Sporting successes

  • Participation in the Olympic Games
    • 1988 in Seoul: Round of 16
    • 1992 in Barcelona
    • 1996 in Atlanta
  • Participation in 10 world championships
    • 1981 in Novi Sad for Romania
    • 1983 in Tokyo for Romania
      • Round of 16 singles
      • 11th place with the women's team
    • 1985 in Gothenburg for Germany: only individual competitions
      • Round of 16 singles
    • 1989 in Dortmund
    • 1991 in Chiba: Round of 16 doubles
    • 1993 in Gothenburg: 6th place with women’s team
    • 1995 in Tianjin: 6th place with women's team
    • 1997 in Manchester: Round of 16 singles, 3rd place with women's team
    • 1999 in Eindhoven: only individual competitions
    • 2000 in Kuala Lumpur: Place 5-8 with women's team
  • Participation in 9 European championships
    • 1982 in Budapest for Romania: quarter-finals in doubles, 4th place with women's team
    • 1986 in Prague for Germany: quarter-finals in singles, quarter-finals in doubles, quarter-finals in mixed, 3rd place with women's team
    • 1988 in Paris: quarter-finals in singles, quarter-finals in doubles, 5th place with women's team
    • 1990 in Gothenburg: semi-finals in mixed (with Steffen Fetzner ), 8th place with women's team
    • 1992 in Stuttgart: 7th place with women's team
    • 1994 in Birmingham: 2nd place with women’s team
    • 1996 in Bratislava: 1st place in the women's team
    • 1998 in Eindhoven: 1st place with women’s team
    • 2000 in Bremen: quarter finals in singles, 2nd place with women's team
  • Ranking tournament Europe TOP-12
    • 1983 in Cleveland: 1st place
    • 1985 in Barcelona: 4th place
    • 1986: 2nd place
    • 1987: 10th place
    • 1988 in Ljubljana: 3rd place
    • 1989 in Charleroi: 1st place
    • 1990 in Hanover: 2nd place
    • 1991: 11th place
    • 1992 in Vienna: 11th place
    • 1993 in Copenhagen: 2nd place
    • 1997 in Eindhoven: 3rd place
    • 1998 in Halmstad: 7th place
    • 1999 in Split: 5th place
  • European league for teams
    • 1990: 2nd place with a mixed team
    • 1991: 1st place with a mixed team
    • 1994: 1st place with women's team
    • 1995: 2nd place with women's team
    • 1996: 1st place with women's team
    • 1997: 2nd place with women's team
    • 1998: 1st place with women's team
    • 1999: 1st place with the women's team
    • 2000: 1st place with women's team
  • National ranking tournaments
    • 1986 in Löhne: 2nd place
    • 1987 in Kassel: 3rd place
    • 1988 in Solingen: 1st place
    • 1989 in Homburg / Saar: 1st place
    • 1990 in Neckarsulm: 1st place
    • 1991 in Berlin: 2nd place
    • 1993 in Marburg: 1st place
    • 1996 in Würzburg: 1st place
    • 1997 in Kleve: 2nd place
    • 1998 in Elmshorn: 3rd place
    • 1999 in Bad Ems: 4th place
  • Success in youth
    • European Championship 1982 in Hollabrunn: 1st place mixed (with Jörgen Persson )
    • European Championship 1983 in Thornaby: 1st place individual , 1st place mixed (with Jörgen Persson )
    • European Championship 1984 in Linz: 2nd place individual
    • European Championship 1985 in The Hague: 1st place singles , 2nd place doubles (with Katja Nolten )
    • Europe TOP-12 1985 in San Marino: 1st place individual

societies

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
ROU  Balkan Championship  1983  Ivangrad  YUG   gold  gold    1
ROU  Balkan Championship  1982  Izmir  DOOR   gold  gold    1
ROU  Balkan Championship  1981  Constanza  ROU   silver  gold    1
ROU  Balkan Championship  1980  Varna  BUL   Semifinals  gold     
GER  European Championship  2000  Bremen  GER   Quarter finals  Quarter finals    2
GER  European Championship  1998  Eindhoven  NED         1
GER  European Championship  1996  Bratislava  SVK   last 16      1
GER  European Championship  1994  Birmingham  CLOSELY   last 16      2
FRG  European Championship  1990  Gothenburg  SWE   last 16    Semifinals   
FRG  European Championship  1988  Paris  FRA   Quarter finals  Quarter finals     
FRG  European Championship  1986  Prague  TCH   Quarter finals  Quarter finals  Quarter finals   
ROU  European Championship  1982  Budapest  HUN     Quarter finals     
ROU  European Youth Championship (Cadets)  1981  Topolcany  TCH   gold       
FRG  European Youth Championship (Juniors)  1985  The hague  NED   gold  silver     
FRG  European Youth Championship (Juniors)  1984  Linz  AUT   silver       
ROU  European Youth Championship (Juniors)  1983  Malmo  SWE   gold    gold   
ROU  European Youth Championship (Juniors)  1982  Hollabrunn  AUT     silver  gold   
GER  EURO TOP12  2004  Frankfurt  GER   9th place       
GER  EURO TOP12  2003  Saarbrücken  GER   5th place       
GER  EURO TOP12  2002  Rotterdam  NED        
GER  EURO TOP12  2001  catfish  AUT        
GER  EURO TOP12  2000  Alassio  ITA        
GER  EURO TOP12  1999  Split  HRV        
GER  EURO TOP12  1998  Halmstad  SWE   7th       
GER  EURO TOP12  1997  Eindhoven  NED   3      
GER  EURO TOP12  1993  Copenhagen  THE   2      
GER  EURO TOP12  1992  Vienna  AUT   11       
FRG  EURO TOP12  1991  Hertogenbosch  NED   11       
FRG  EURO TOP12  1990  Hanover  FRG   2      
FRG  EURO TOP12  1989  Charleroi  BEL   1      
FRG  EURO TOP12  1988  Ljubljana  YUG   3      
FRG  EURO TOP12  1987  Basel  SUI   10       
FRG  EURO TOP12  1986  Sodertalje  SWE   2      
FRG  EURO TOP12  1985  Barcelona  ESP   4th       
FRG  EURO TOP12  1983  Cleveland  CLOSELY   1      
GER  Olympic games  1996  Atlanta  United States   immediately excluded  immediately excluded     
GER  Olympic games  1992  Barcelona  ESP   immediately excluded  no participants     
FRG  Olympic games  1988  Seoul  COR   last 16  immediately excluded     
ROU  Pro tour  2007  catfish  AUT   last 64       
ROU  Pro tour  2007  Velenje  SVN   last 32       
GER  Pro tour  2006  Zagreb  HRV   last 64       
GER  Pro tour  2006  Velenje  SVN   last 32       
GER  Pro tour  2005  Zagreb  HRV   last 32       
GER  Pro tour  2005  Velenje  SVN          
GER  Pro tour  2004  catfish  AUT   last 64       
GER  Pro tour  2003  Doha  QAT   last 16       
GER  Pro tour  2003  Croatia  HRV   Quarter finals       
GER  Pro tour  2002  Farum  THE   last 32       
GER  Pro tour  2002  Eindhoven  NED   last 32  Quarter finals     
GER  Pro tour  2002  Magdeburg  GER   last 64       
GER  Pro tour  2002  Kobe  JPN   Quarter finals  Semifinals     
GER  Pro tour  2002  São Paulo  BRA   Quarter finals  silver     
GER  Pro tour  2002  Fort Lauderdale  United States   last 64  last 16     
GER  Pro tour  2002  Courmayeur  ITA   last 16       
GER  Pro tour  2002  Cairo  EGY   last 16       
GER  Pro tour  2002  catfish  AUT   last 16       
GER  Pro tour  2001  Skovde  SWE   last 32  Rd 1     
GER  Pro tour  2001  Rotterdam  NED   last 32  last 16     
GER  Pro tour  2001  Bayreuth  GER   last 32  Quarter finals     
GER  Pro tour  2001  Fort Lauderdale  United States   Semifinals  Quarter finals     
GER  Pro tour  2001  Zagreb  HRV   Quarter finals  last 16     
GER  Pro tour  2000  Farum  THE   last 16  Quarter finals     
GER  Pro tour  2000  Warsaw  POLE   last 32       
GER  Pro tour  2000  Rio de Janeiro  BRA   last 32  last 16     
GER  Pro tour  2000  Fort Lauderdale  United States   last 32  last 16     
GER  Pro tour  2000  Zagreb  HRV   Quarter finals  Quarter finals     
GER  Pro tour  1999  Karlskrona  SWE   last 16  last 16     
GER  Pro tour  1999  Linz / Wels  AUT   Quarter finals  Semifinals     
GER  Pro tour  1999  Bremen  GER   last 32  Quarter finals     
GER  Pro tour  1999  Zagreb  HRV   last 32  gold     
GER  Pro tour  1999  Hopton-on-Sea  CLOSELY   last 16  last 16     
GER  Pro tour  1998  Sundsvall  SWE   last 32  last 16     
GER  Pro tour  1998  Courmayeur  ITA   last 32  last 16     
GER  Pro tour  1997  Squid  SWE   last 16  Quarter finals     
GER  Pro tour  1997  Linz  AUT   last 16  last 16     
GER  Pro tour  1997  Zhuhai  CHN   last 16  Rd 1     
GER  Pro tour  1997  Chiba  JPN   last 32  last 16     
GER  Pro tour  1996  Boras  SWE   Quarter finals  Semifinals     
GER  World Championship  2000  Kuala Lumpur  MAS         5-8 
GER  World Championship  1999  Eindhoven  NED   last 64  last 64  last 64   
GER  World Championship  1997  Manchester  CLOSELY   last 16  last 64  last 64  3
GER  World Championship  1995  Tianjin  CHN   last 128  last 64  no participants   
GER  World Championship  1993  Gothenburg  SWE   last 128  last 32  last 64  6th 
GER  World Championship  1991  Chiba City  JPN   last 128  last 16  last 64  13 
FRG  World Championship  1989  Dortmund  FRG   last 64  last 64  last 64  19th 
FRG  World Championship  1985  Gothenburg  SWE   last 16  last 64  last 64   
ROU  World Championship  1983  Tokyo  JPN   last 16  last 64  last 64  11 
ROU  World Championship  1981  Novi Sad  YUG   last 64  last 16  Agony  6th 
GER  WTC World Team Cup  1995  Atlanta  United States        

Individual evidence

  1. Romanian Championships Individual ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.frtenismasa.ro
  2. Romanian Championships doubles ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2008 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. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.frtenismasa.ro
  3. tischtennis magazine , 2005/2 page 8.
  4. DTS magazine , 1993/11 page 6.
  5. DTS magazine , 1985/6 page 33.
  6. DTS magazine , 1985/4 page 42.
  7. DTS magazine , 1986/5 page 4.
  8. tischtennis magazine , 2009/7 page 4.
  9. DTS magazine , 1994/9 page 46.
  10. DTS magazine , 1995/2 page 46.
  11. DTS magazine , 1987/6 page 13.
  12. http://www.ttsvfraulautern.de/index.php?sonstiges/ehemalige/ehemalige.php ( Memento from November 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) + DTS magazine , 1988/8 page 37
  13. Olga Nemes results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 13, 2011)

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