Peter Stellwag
Peter Stellwag (born September 16, 1956 in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt ) is a German table tennis player . He had his greatest successes in the late 1970s to early 1980s. During this time he was German single champion four times and won the silver medal in doubles at the European Championships. He participated in five world championships.
Career
Stellwag grew up in Fellbach (Rems-Murr district, formerly Waiblingen district). He was discovered and promoted by Hans Alsér . After initial successes in national school and youth tournaments - he won the German youth championship three times in a row between 1972 and 1974 - he moved to SSV Reutlingen in 1972. In 1973 he was part of the team that made it to the Bundesliga . In 1975 he took part in a world championship for the first time . In 1977 he achieved the double with Reutlingen, i.e. the German championship and the cup victory. In the same year Stellwag was the first German champion in the individual. This meant a changing of the guard for the Schöler / Lieck era . From then on Stellwag dominated the German table tennis scene. In 1978 he and Jochen Leiß finished second in doubles at the European Championships . From 1979 he became German champion in individual three times in a row. In 1980 he lost with the German team at the European Championship against Sweden, but he defeated the then world-class players Ulf Thorsell , Ulf Carlsson and Stellan Bengtsson himself .
Between 1972 and 1986 Stellwag played a total of 121 international matches. After his 75th international match, he was awarded the golden international pin by DTTB in 1980. After the European Championship in 1986 he announced his resignation from the national team. With the Reutlingen club he won the European Champion Clubs' Cup and the European Nancy Evans Cup twice.
Stellwag's national supremacy ended around 1982; Georg Böhm won the German championship several times from now on. Stellwag did not achieve the really big international breakthrough to the top of the world. In the 2003/04 season he returned to the 2nd Bundesliga with the second team of TTC Metabo Frickenhausen, where he achieved a positive 13: 3 balance in the back pair cross.
Material and style of play
Stellwag achieved his successes mainly through his safe offensive play. Almost without hard balls but with a very safe topspin game, with which he mastered almost every game situation far behind the table, he resembled his sponsor Hans Alser in the way of playing - but without balloon defense, but with powerful topspins. Stellwag was characterized by extremely good technique and ball placement. He marketed himself through his own company and temporarily became the best-paid table tennis professional in the world through contracts with, among others, Joola. Because of this bond, he first played with Joola Redspot with 2 times Turbo super 2.5 mm, later Joola Super with 2 times Clipper 2.5 mm.
Private
Stellwag has been running a dental practice in Echterdingen with his wife Judith Ott-Stellwag (married since 1990) since 1993. He has a daughter and a son who also play table tennis. Christopher Stellwag, active at SV Böblingen, has already had initial successes in the school area.
In addition, Peter Stellwag plays tennis at TC Waldau in the regional league.
Stellwag's father, Willi Stellwag, is also a strong table tennis player who, among other things, won the state championship of Württemberg in 1982 (age group) and since 1991 has won the Württemberg championship in doubles (with Walter Fleiner) seven times.
societies
- until 1972: GV Sommerrain
- 1972–1990: SSV Reutlingen 05 / SSV Heinzelmann Reutlingen
- 1990–1992: TSV Milbertshofen
- 1992–2011: TTC Frickenhausen
successes
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National German championships
- 1974: Saarbrücken - 3rd place singles, 3rd place doubles (with Peter Engel ), 4th place mixed (with Ursula Hirschmüller )
- 1977: Berlin - 1st place singles, 2nd place doubles (with Heinz Schlüter )
- 1978: Lübeck - 4th place individual
- 1979: Rüsselsheim - 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Jochen Leiß)
- 1980: Hamburg - 1st place singles, 2nd place mixed (with Elsa Kieckhöfer)
- 1981: Böblingen - 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Heiner Lammers )
- 1982: Hanover - 3rd place doubles (with Heiner Lammers)
- 1983: Münster / Westf. - 3rd place individual
- 1984: Hanover - 4th place individual
- 1985: Saarbrücken - 2nd place individual
- 1986: Stadtallendorf - 3rd place individual
- 1988: Duisburg - 3rd place doubles (with Michael Krumtünger )
- Participation in world championships
- 1975 in Calcutta: Round of 16 doubles, 8th place with men's team
- 1977 in Birmingham: 5th place with men's team
- 1979 in Pyongyang: quarter-finals doubles (with Jochen Leiß ), 11th place with men's team
- 1981 in Novi Sad: Round of 16, doubles, 13th place with men's team
- 1983 in Tokyo: 15th place with men's team
- Participation in European championships
- 1974 in Novi Sad: 8th place with men's team
- 1976 in Prague: Round of 16 singles, 6th place with men's team
- 1978 in Duisburg: 2nd place doubles (with Jochen Leiß), 8th place with men's team
- 1980 in Bern: Round of 16 singles, quarter finals doubles, 2nd place with men's team
- 1982 in Budapest: 6th place with men's team
- 1984 in Moscow: 9th place with men's team
- 1986 in Prague: 8th place with men's team
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Europe TOP-12
- 1979 in Kristianstad: 6th place
- 1980 in Munich: 6th place
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European championship with Reutlingen
- 1982: 1st place
- 1983: 1st place
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European Nancy Evans Cup
- 1980: 1st place with SSV Reutlingen
- International championships
- 1974 Belgium: 1st place mixed (with Ursula Hirschmüller ), 2nd place with men's team
- 1975 Hungary: 2nd place mixed, 2nd place with men's team
- 1977 Jamaica: semi-finals singles, 1st place doubles (with Jochen Leiß )
- 1977 Canada: 2nd place doubles, 2nd place with men's team
- 1977 Scandinavia: 2nd place doubles, 2nd place with men's team
- 1977 USA: Semi-finals singles, 1st place doubles (with Jochen Leiß)
- 1977 Wales: 2nd place doubles, 2nd place with men's team
- 1978 France: 2nd place individual
- 1978 Jamaica: 1st place doubles (with Jochen Leiß)
- 1978 USA: Semi-final singles, 2nd place with men's team
- 1979 Jamaica: 2nd place individual
- 1980 Germany: 2nd place doubles (with Jochen Leiß)
- 1981 Italy: semi-finals singles
- 1984 Germany: 2nd place doubles (with Ulf Bengtsson , SVE)
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National ranking tournaments
- 1976 in Elsenfeld: 2nd place individual
- 1977 in Hamburg: 2nd place individual
- 1978 in Minden: 2nd place individual
- 1980 in Neckarsulm: 4th place individual
- 1981 in Berlin: 1st place individual
- 1982 in Kleve: 2nd place individual
- 1983 in Dautphetal: 4th place individual
- 1984 in Willstädt: 2nd place individual
- 1985 in Geesthacht: 4th place individual
- German team championships with Reutlingen
- 1976: 3rd place
- 1977: German champion
- 1980: 3rd place
- 1981: 2nd place
- 1982: 2nd place
- 1986: 2nd place
- German cup championships with Reutlingen
- 1975 in Bad Segeberg: 2nd place
- 1976 in Löhne: 1st place
- 1977 in Frankenthal: 1st place
- 1980 in Reutlingen: 1st place
- 1981 in Hattersheim: 1st place
- 1984 in Göppingen: 2nd place
- 1989 in St. Ingbert: 2nd place
- Youth tournaments
- 1971 Wuerttemberg school championship: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Jürgen Magsam)
- 1972 German championship in Osnabrück: 1st place individual
- 1973 European championship in Piraeus: 3rd place individual, 3rd place mixed (with Roswitha Schmitz ), 3rd place with the team
- 1973 German Championship in Hamburg: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Hans-Jürgen Oploh)
- 1973 International German Championship in Bünde: 2nd place individual, 1st place mixed (with Roswitha Schmitz ), 1st place with team
- 1974 German championship in Heddesheim: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Michael Krumtünger )
- 1974 European Championship in Göppingen: 2nd place individual (behind Bagrat Burnazjan , USSR)
- Senior tournaments
- 1998 World Championship in Manchester: 40+: 2nd place singles, 1st place doubles (with Li Yuxiang )
- Leaderboards
- 1979–1981: 1st place in the German ranking list
- December 1978: 9th place European association ETTU
- February 1979: 16th place in the ITTF world rankings
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRG | European Championship | 1980 | Bern | SUI | last 16 | Quarter finals | 2 | |
| FRG | European Championship | 1978 | Duisburg | FRG | silver | |||
| FRG | European Championship | 1976 | Prague | TCH | last 16 | |||
| FRG | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 1974 | Gopping | FRG | silver | |||
| FRG | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 1973 | Piraeus | GRE | Semifinals | |||
| FRG | EURO TOP12 | 1980 | Munich | FRG | 6th | |||
| FRG | EURO TOP12 | 1979 | Kristianstad | SWE | 6th | |||
| FRG | World Championship | 1983 | Tokyo | JPN | last 64 | last 64 | no participants | 15th |
| FRG | World Championship | 1981 | Novi Sad | YUG | last 32 | last 16 | no participants | 13 |
| FRG | World Championship | 1979 | Pyongyang | PRK | last 32 | Quarter finals | no participants | 11 |
| FRG | World Championship | 1977 | Birmingham | CLOSELY | last 64 | last 32 | no participants | 5 |
| FRG | World Championship | 1975 | Calcutta | IND | last 32 | last 16 | last 64 | 8th |
literature
- Thomas Grüninger: 300 Bundesliga games: Congratulations, Peter Stellwag! , DTS magazine , 1989/5 p. 18
- Michael Stark: Profession and Vocation , DTS magazine , 1998/2 p. 40
- Thomas Holzapfel: What does ... Peter Stellwag actually do? , Article from September 11, 2019 Online (accessed September 17, 2019)
Individual evidence
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1986/5 p. 20
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1990/4 p. 21
- ^ Peter Stellwag Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 15, 2011)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stellwag, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt , Germany |