Peter Knack

Peter Knack (born October 4, 1938 , † June 16, 1976 ) was a German badminton player .

Career

Peter Knack was one of the pioneers in badminton sport in Germany. After winning several medals in the junior division, he won silver in the men's individual among adults in 1958. In the same year he won the French Open . In 1959 he became German champion in men's singles. With the 1. BC Wiesbaden he won team silver in 1965.

Sporting successes

season	event	discipline	space	Surname
1954/1955	German individual championship U18	Men's singles	4th	Peter Knack (BC Wiesbaden-Biebrich)
1954/1955	German individual championship U18	Men's doubles	2	Peter Knack / Dieter Graulich (BC Wiesbaden-Biebrich)
1954/1955	German individual championship U18	Mixed	3	Peter Knack / Liselotte Reinhardt (BC Wiesbaden-Biebrich)
1955/1956	German individual championship U18	Men's singles	1	Peter Knack (BC Biebrich)
1955/1956	German individual championship U18	Men's doubles	3	Peter Knack / Dieter Graulich (BC Wiesbaden-Biebrich)
1956/1957	German individual championship U18	Men's doubles	2	Peter Knack / Dieter Graulich (BC Biebrich)
1957/1958	German individual championship	Men's singles	2	Peter Knack (BC Wiesbaden-Biebrich)
1958	French Open	Men's singles	1	Peter Knack
1958/1959	German individual championship	Men's singles	1	Peter Knack (BC Biebrich)
1959/1960	German individual championship	Men's doubles	3	Manfred Fulle / Peter Knack (BC Biebrich)
1959/1960	German individual championship	Men's singles	3	Peter Knack (BC Biebrich)
1964/1965	German team championship	team	2	1. BC Wiesbaden ( Klaus-Dieter Framke , Manfred Fulle, Peter Knack, Lim, Edeltraud Geist , Rosel Filpe )
1965/1966	German individual championship	Men's doubles	3	Fischer / Peter Knack (1st Wiesbaden BC)

credentials

Martin Knupp: German Badminton Almanach , self-published / German Badminton Association (2003), 230 pages