Silvija Erdelji

Silvija Erdelji ( Serbian - Cyrillic Силвија Ердељи ; born May 28, 1979 in Senta ) is a former Yugoslav and now Serbian table tennis player . She won bronze in singles and doubles at the 2003 European Championships . Until 2004 it started under the flag of Yugoslavia, then under the flag of Serbia and Montenegro and since 2006 only under the flag of Serbia.

Career

Silvija Erdelji achieved her first international success in 1996 when she won the European Youth Championship in mixed together with the Greek Panagiotis Gionis .

In the adult sector, she took part in seven world championships from 1997 to 2006 , but never came close to medal ranks. In 2003 she started in Courmayeur at the European Championships . She was third in both singles and doubles with her sister Ana-Maria Erdelji .

In 2004 Silvija Erdelji qualified for participation in the individual competition of the Olympic Games in Athens. Here she defeated the Tunisian Nesrine Ben Kahia and then retired after losing to Jing Jun Hong (Singapore).

Together with Ana-Maria Erdelji, she won the double competition at the Mediterranean Games in 2005. After 2006 she stopped appearing at international tournaments.

In October 2003, she achieved her best ranking of 62 in the ITTF world rankings .

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
YUG	European Championship	2003	Courmayeur	ITA	Semifinals	Semifinals
YUG	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1996	Frydek-Mistek	CZE			gold
SCG	Mediterranean Games	2005	Almeria	ESP	4th Place	gold
YUG	Mediterranean Games	1997	Bari Taranto	ITA	4th Place
SCG	Olympic games	2004	Athens	GRE	last 64
SCG	Pro tour	2005	Magdeburg	GER	last 64
SCG	Pro tour	2005	Zagreb	HRV	last 64
SCG	Pro tour	2004	Leipzig	GER	last 32
YUG	Pro tour	2004	Croatia	HRV	last 32
YUG	Pro tour	2002	Magdeburg	GER	last 64
YUG	Pro tour	2001	Zagreb	HRV	last 64
YUG	Pro tour	2000	Toulouse	FRA	last 32
YUG	Pro tour	1999	Linz / Wels	AUT		Rd 1
YUG	Pro tour	1999	Hopton-on-Sea	CLOSELY	last 32
YUG	Pro tour	1998	Belgrade	YUG	last 32	Rd 1
YUG	Pro tour	1997	Linz	AUT	Rd 1	Rd 1
YUG	Pro tour	1997	Belgrade	YUG	last 32
SCG	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				20th
SCG	World Championship	2004	Doha	QAT				17th
YUG	World Championship	2003	Paris	FRA	last 64	last 64
YUG	World Championship	2001	Osaka	JPN	last 64	Scratched	no participants	15th
YUG	World Championship	2000	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				17-20
YUG	World Championship	1999	Eindhoven	NED	no participants	no participants	no participants
YUG	World Championship	1997	Manchester	CLOSELY	last 128	Scratched	Rd 2	14th

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ian Marshall: Ana-Maria ERDELJI, in a Minority of One article dated December 19, 2003 on ittf.com (accessed March 1, 2014)
2. ↑ World rankings since 2001 (accessed on March 1, 2014)
3. ↑ Silvija Erdelji Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed March 1, 2014)

Web links

• Silvija Erdelji in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ) (accessed March 1, 2014)