Stanislaw Fraczyk

Stanislaw Fraczyk

Stanislaw "Stani" Fraczyk (born December 2, 1952 in Łódź ) is a Polish - Austrian table tennis player who won the gold medal in class 9 at the 1996 and 2004 Summer Paralympics .

Life

Born in Poland, the Polio had a leg that was five centimeters shorter from birth . Although he lacked speed and stability in his right leg due to his handicap, he and his brother Zbigniew were among the best table tennis players from the start. At the age of 28 he came to Austria in 1980 and played at the UTTC Stockerau Bundesliga from the start. Today (January 2016) he is a full-time civil servant, has set up a sports agency and is still playing successfully with the Stockerau Bundesliga and Superliga.

Private

Stanislaw Fraczyk lives with his wife Jolanta in Stockerau .

successes

For the non-disabled

• 13 × Polish national champion
• 3 × of which in individual (1975, 1976, 1977)
• 12 × Austrian national champion
• 2 × of which in individual (1985, 1987)
• 5 × of them in the team with the UTTC Stockerau (1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990)
• 5 × champions of the table tennis Bundesliga with the UTTC Stockerau (1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000)
• Over 100 missions in the Austrian national team
• 10 years in the Polish national team
• 2013 Victory at the Senior European Championships in Bremen in the age group 60+ in singles and doubles
• 2014 World Champion in the individual competition at the Senior World Championship 2014 in Auckland / New Zealand in the class 60+; together with Reinhard Sorger vice world champion in doubles

With the disabled

Paralympics

• 2 × gold class 9 (1996, 2004)
• 2 × silver class 9 (2000, 2012)
• 1 × gold grades 6-10 (1996)
• 2 × silver class 9 team (1996, 2004)

World championships

• 2 × gold class 9 (1998, 2002)
• 2 × silver class 9 (2006, 2012)
• 1 × gold grades 6-10 (2002)
• 1 × silver grades 6-10 (1998)
• 1 × bronze grades 6-10 (2006)
• 1 × silver class 9 team (1998)

European championships

• 5 × gold class 9 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005)
• 1 × gold grades 6-10 (1999, 2001)
• 1 × silver grades 6-10 (2003)
• 1 × bronze grades 6-10 (1997)
• 1 × gold grades 6-10 doubles (1999)
• 2 × gold class 9 team (1997, 2003)
• 1 × silver class 9 team (1999)
• 2 × bronze class 9 team (2003, 2001)

Awards (excerpt)

• Decoration of Honor in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria (1996)
• Grand Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (2004)
• Great Sports Prize of the City of Vienna (2003)

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
UT	World Championship	1989	Dortmund	FRG	last 128	last 64	last 32	23
AUT	World Championship	1987	New Delhi	IND	last 64	last 32	last 128	15th
AUT	World Championship	1985	Gothenburg	SWE	last 128	last 64	Agony	21st
POLE	World Championship	1979	Pyongyang	PRK	last 64	last 32	last 64	13
POLE	World Championship	1977	Birmingham	CLOSELY	last 64	last 32	no participants	12
POLE	World Championship	1975	Calcutta	IND	last 128	last 16	last 64	17th
POLE	World Championship	1973	Sarajevo	YUG	last 128	Agony	no participants	19th

Individual evidence

1. ^ Achievements and biography of Stanislaw Fraczyk (accessed on January 18, 2016)
2. ↑ Stani Fraczyk in the Superliga (accessed January 18, 2016)
3. ↑ Results of the Senior European Championship 2013 (accessed on June 4, 2013)
4. ^ Stanislaw Fraczyk Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed April 27, 2012)

Web links

• Homepage of UTTC Stockerau
• Stanislaw Fraczyk's achievements and biography (accessed January 18, 2016)