Stefan Bitterauf
Stefan Bitterauf 
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| Birthday: | July 28, 1964 | ||||||||
| Resignation: | 2002 | ||||||||
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| Career record: | 95:69 | ||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 11 (January 26 1993) | ||||||||
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| Career record: | 57:26 | ||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 10 (August 8 1995) | ||||||||
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| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | |||||||||
Stefan Bitterauf (born July 28, 1964 in Munich ) is a former German wheelchair tennis player .
Career
Stefan Bitterauf was dependent on a wheelchair after a motorcycle accident at the age of 20. He started out with wheelchair tennis and wheelchair basketball. In wheelchair tennis, he started in the paraplegic class .
He participated in two Paralympic Games . In 1992 he won the bronze medal in the double competition with Kai Schrameyer and received the silver laurel leaf on June 23, 1993 . In the individual competition he lost to Martin Legner in the first round . In 1996 in Atlanta he reached the last sixteen in singles, where he was defeated by David Hall in two sets. In doubles, he reached the quarterfinals with partner Torsten Purschke .
In the world rankings, he achieved his best placings in singles with rank eleven on January 26, 1993 and in doubles with rank ten on August 8, 1995. His last season he played in 1999.
In wheelchair basketball he was German champion and took third place at the European championship. In 2002 he gave up wheelchair tennis for reasons of motivation and has since devoted himself to bodybuilding , in which he has already won several titles.
Web links
- ITF profile of Stefan Bitterauf (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V., VIBSS: The Federal President and his duties in the field of sport: ... on June 23, 1993, Federal President von Weizsäcker awarded disabled and non-disabled athletes, namely the medal winners of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 1992, with the silver laurel leaf. ..
- ^ In a wheelchair to the Mister Universum , merkur-online.de of May 2, 2009. Accessed on February 20, 2015.
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| SURNAME | Bitterauf, Stefan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wheelchair tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich , Germany |