Patrick Birocheau

Patrick Birocheau (born September 23, 1955 in Bejaia (Algeria)) is a French table tennis player . He was one of the best players in France in the 1970s and 1980s. He was European champion in doubles and with the team.

Life

Birocheau's first international success was winning the European Youth Championship with the French team.

In 1976, he won the French singles championships among adults , nine times he won doubles (1973-1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1987, 1988) and 1983 mixed. With AS Messine Paris he was French team champion in 1982. Between 1973 and 1988 he took part in eight world championships and eight times in European championships . He became European champion in doubles at the 1980 European Championship together with Jacques Secrétin . At the European Championship in 1984 he won gold with the French team and silver two years later. In 1982 and 1984 he reached the semi-finals in doubles with Secrétin.

He had his greatest success at World Championships in 1981 when he reached the semi-finals in doubles with Jacques Secrétin . In 1988 he qualified to take part in the first Summer Olympic Games in table tennis .

Birocheau has been working as a national coach in France since 1998.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
FRA	European Championship	1988	Paris	FRA		Quarter finals
FRA	European Championship	1986	Prague	TCH		Quarter finals		2
FRA	European Championship	1984	Moscow	URS	last 16	Semifinals		1
FRA	European Championship	1982	Budapest	HUN		Semifinals
FRA	European Championship	1980	Bern	SUI	Quarter finals	gold
FRA	European Championship	1978	Duisburg	FRG	last 16
FRA	European Championship	1976	Prague	TCH		Quarter finals
FRA	European Championship	1974	Novi Sad	YUG		Quarter finals
FRA	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1972	Vejle	THE				1
FRA	Mediterranean Games	1987	Latakia	SYR		silver
FRA	Mediterranean Games	1979	Hvar Split	YUG		gold
FRA	Olympic games	1988	Seoul	COR	immediately excluded	immediately excluded
FRA	World Championship	1987	New Delhi	IND	last 64	last 16	no participants	13
FRA	World Championship	1985	Gothenburg	SWE	Scratched	Scratched	Scratched	8th
FRA	World Championship	1983	Tokyo	JPN	last 32	last 16	Agony	8th
FRA	World Championship	1981	Novi Sad	YUG	last 64	Semifinals	last 64	5
FRA	World Championship	1979	Pyongyang	PRK	last 64	Quarter finals	no participants	5
FRA	World Championship	1977	Birmingham	CLOSELY	last 16	Quarter finals	no participants	9
FRA	World Championship	1975	Calcutta	IND	last 64	last 32	no participants	9
FRA	World Championship	1973	Sarajevo	YUG	Agony	last 16	no participants	12

Web links

• Entry in the French database sportquick.com (accessed on September 17, 2012)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1982/12 issue Süd-West p. 12
2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1998/1 p. 10
3. ↑ Patrick Birocheau Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 4, 2011)