Paul Benthien
Paul Benthien (born May 30, 1914 in Hamburg ; † June 24, 1982 ibid) was a successful German table tennis player . In 1933 he became German individual champion. From 1975 to 1979 he was the 24th president of the Hamburg sports club .
Paul Benthien was the older brother of Heinz Benthien (who also became German champion in 1944). During his commercial training from 1932 to 1934 Paul competed 13 times for the German national team. He played for Hamburger SV all his life .
From 1965 to 1968 the full-time independent general agent Benthien was treasurer of Hamburger SV. On July 1, 1975, he was elected President of the HSV with 284 votes, 28 abstentions and 2 votes against. He replaced Peter Krohn , who had been in office since 1973 , and who gave up his honorary position in favor of the paid function of general manager. In 1978, Benthien hired Günter Netzer as a manager. In 1979 Hamburger SV became German champions for the fourth time under coach Branko Zebec . December 18, 1979, Paul Benthien handed over the chairmanship of the club to Wolfgang Klein, his favorite, who defeated Peter Krohn, who had retired as manager in 1977, in a ballot.
In 1982 Benthien died after a serious illness. He was buried in the Ohlsdorf cemetery.
successes
- Participation in table tennis world championships
- 1932 in Prague: 5th place with men's team
- International championships
- 1933 in Berlin: 2nd place singles, 4th place doubles (with Erich Deisler )
- German team championships with Hamburger SV
- 1937 in Frankfurt / Main: 1st place
- 1938 in Hamburg: 1st place
- 1939 in Hamburg: 2nd place
- Gaume Championships
- 1933 in Hamburg: 1st place with Northern Germany
- Ranking positions
- 1933: 2nd place in the German ranking list
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | World Championship | 1932 | Prague | TCH | last 64 | Scratched | no participants | 5 |
swell
- Paul Benthien. In: hsv1887.de . Retrieved March 2, 2014.
- On the death of Paul Benthien , DTS magazine , 1982/14 issue Süd-West page 9.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Redaktionsbüro Harenberg: Knaurs Prominentenlexikon 1980. The personal data of celebrities from politics, economy, culture and society. With over 400 photos. Droemer Knaur, Munich / Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-426-07604-7 , Benthien, Paul, p. 36 .
- ^ Paul Benthien results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 4, 2011)
Otto Wulf (1919) | Johannes Lenzen (1919) | Henry Barrelet (1919–1920) | Otto Wulf (1920) | Walter Möller (1920) | Henry Barrelet (1920–1921) | Paul Hauenschild (1921–1922) | Carl Staelin (1922–1924) | Arthur von Seckendorff (1924–1925) | Carl Staelin (1925–1927) | Arthur von Seckendorff (1927) | Paul Hauenschild (1927–1928) | Emil Martens (1928–1934) | Otto Schwabe (1934–1935) | Karl Mechlen (1935–1937) | Hellmuth Schwarz (1937–1941) | Karl Mechlen (1941–1949) | Paul Hauenschild (1949–1950) | Carl Compart (1950–1951) | Carl-Heinz Mahlmann (1951–1965) | Karl Mechlen (1966–1968) | Horst Barrelet (1968–1973) | Peter Krohn (1973–1975) | Paul Benthien (1975–1979) | Wolfgang Klein (1979–1987) | Ernst Naumann (1987–1990) | Horst Becker (1990) | Jürgen Hunke (1990–1993) | Ronald Wulff (1993–1995) | Uwe Seeler (1995–1998) | Werner Hackmann (1998; provisional) | Rolf Mares (1998–1999) | Werner Hackmann (1999–2002) | Ronald Wulff (2002–2003; provisional) | Bernd Hoffmann (2003–2011) | Carl-Edgar Jarchow (2011–2015) | Jens Meier (2015–2018) | Bernd Hoffmann (2018) | Marcell Jansen (since 2019)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Benthien, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 1982 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |