Rolf Jäger
Rolf Jäger (born October 17, 1949 ) is a German table tennis player . In 1971 he became German champion in doubles.
Career
Jäger played in many clubs during his career. He was twice involved in winning a German team championship: 1971/72 with Mettmanner TV and 1975/76 with VfB Altena . He helped the Stuttgarter Kickers to get promoted to the First Bundesliga in 1981/82 .
In 1971 he and Jochen Leiß were German champions in doubles in Hanover, ahead of the defending champions Lieck / Ness . With Lieck he was runner-up in 1976, as well as in 1980 with Michael Krumtünger . In the national ranking tournament , he finished fifth in 1972 and 1973 sixth. Around 1974 he was invited to the national team. In an official competition against Austria, he contributed three wins to a 5: 3 win. An injury in a car accident in 1974 put a brake on his career.
societies
- TV Calmbach (1959-1967)
- Stuttgart - Oberliga (1967-1969)
- DJK TuSA 06 Düsseldorf (1969–1970)
- Mettmanner TV (1970–1972)
- Berlin (1972–1973)
- VfB Altena (1974–1976)
- TTC Calw (1976–1980, German runner-up team and cup)
- Stuttgarter Kickers (around 1980)
- SV Neckarsulm (1982-1989)
- TTC Loßburg - Promotion to the Association League (around 1989)
- TV Altburg - district class (around 1991)
- TTC Ottenbronn (1997 - today)
In the mid-1970s, Rolf Jäger also coached the football club FV Grün-Weiß Ottenbronn.
Private
Jäger studied business administration. He is married and has two daughters and three sons. His younger brother Wolfgang also reached Bundesliga level.
Sources and individual references
- Olaf Brockmann: If you don't parry, you're kicked out , DTS magazine , 1977/17 p. 7
- ↑ http://hameyer.eu/dttb/dttb-he-2bu.pdf
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1977/12 edition Süd-West p. 49
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1976/15 p. 42
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1989/6 regional south p. 14
- ↑ http://www.ttc-ottenbronn.de/index.php?showpost=186 (accessed on October 8, 2012)
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1977/18 p. 30
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1971/3 p. 4
- ↑ Journal DTS , 1979/24 p. 40 + archived copy ( Memento of the original from February 13, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Interview with Rolf Jäger (pdf) (accessed on August 16, 2010)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hunter, Rolf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German table tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1949 |