Stefano Bosi

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Stefano Bosi (born September 14, 1954 in Florence ) is a former Italian table tennis player .

From 1996 to 2013 he was President of the European Table Tennis Association ETTU .

Table tennis player

In the 1970s Stefano Bosi was one of the best table tennis players in Italy. In 1971, 1973 and 1976 he led the national rankings. At the national championships of Italy he won the title seven times in singles (1971-1975, 1977, 1979), four times in doubles and three times in mixed.

At the Mediterranean Championships in 1971 he was second in doubles with Stefano Malesci, in 1975 he reached the semi-finals in singles and won gold with the team. He represented Italy at world championships four times , namely in 1973 , 1975 , 1977 and 1979 , but never came close to medal ranks.

In total, he played 250 games for the Italian national team.

official

After the end of his active career, Stefano Bosi took on official duties. From 1990 to 2004 he was President of the Italian Table Tennis Association.

In 1993 he became Vice President of the European Table Tennis Association ETTU . When the Swede Nils Bergström gave up the office of ETTU President in May 1997 because he was appointed Vice President of the world association ITTF , Stefano Bosi temporarily took over its duties. A year later, at the ETTU Congress during the 1998 European Championships in Manchester, he was officially elected President. During his tenure, he changed the mode of the European championships, these were now played annually, the mixed competition was outsourced to an independent event. In addition, he specified the requirements for the organizers of the European ranking tournament Europe TOP-12 , which meant that there was no longer an organizer for 2014. The increased number of appointments was criticized with the consequent increased time burdens on the active participants. He was also accused of "mismanagement", which led to financial problems in the ETTU.

On May 15, 2013, he applied in Paris for the office of ITTF President with the aim of replacing the incumbent Adham Sharara . This candidacy failed, he was only supported by about 25 percent of the voters. As a result, criticism also intensified within the ETTU, which is why Bosi resigned as ETTU President on August 9, 2013. His successor was the Dutchman Ronald Kramer. In 2014 Stefano Bosi turned down the ETTU honorary membership that had been proposed to him.

Private

Stefano Bosi graduated from the Superior Institute of Physical Education (ISEF) in Florence and in Sports Science from the University of Tor Vergata in Rome. He married in 1980 and has one daughter.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
ITA Mediterranean Championship 1975 Ankara DOOR Semifinals 1
ITA Mediterranean Championship 1971 Izmir DOOR silver
ITA World Championship 1979 Pyongyang PRK Scratched Scratched no participants 19th
ITA World Championship 1977 Birmingham CLOSELY last 64 last 16 no participants 20th
ITA World Championship 1975 Calcutta IND last 128 last 32 no participants 21st
ITA World Championship 1973 Sarajevo YUG Scratched Scratched no participants 31

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Italian ranking list 1971 in: Table Tennis News - Official organ of the English Table Tennis Association ETTA No. 43, December 1971, page 3
  2. ^ Italian ranking list 1973 in: Table Tennis News - Official organ of the English Table Tennis Association ETTA No. 53, February 1973, page 12
  3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1976/7 page 24
  4. ↑ Championships of Italy: Singles (accessed September 8, 2013)
  5. ↑ DTS magazine , 1998/5 page 7
  6. ↑ Kramer new ETTU President, Heike Ahlert elected Vice President ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on October 6, 2013) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tischtennis.de
  7. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2014/10 page 24
  8. ↑ Stefano Bosi results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 8, 2013)

literature

  • Rahul Nelson: The beginning has been made - Stefano Bosi has resigned as ETTU President. ... , tischtennis magazine , 2013/9 page 34

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personal data
SURNAME Bosi, Stefano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian table tennis player and official
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence