Susanne Wenzel

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Susanne Wenzel (born August 12, 1963 in Kronshagen ) was one of the strongest German table tennis players in the 1980s .

Career

Susanne Wenzel initially stood in the shadow of her older sister Sabine. In 1976 she lost her in the final of the German Schoolchildren Championship. A year later, she won the title and was the youngest ever winner in this discipline. In the following years she became even stronger and was one of the best German table tennis players. In 1979 and 1981 she won the European Youth Championships in mixed with Jürgen Rebel .

She was three times German champion in singles, five times in doubles and twice in mixed. Three German team championships and four victories in national ranking tournaments are further successes; In 1984 she did not give a single set in the national ranking tournament. In 1986 she won bronze with the German team at the European Championship.

Between 1982 and 1986 she was invited to international matches 40 times. It was first used in September 1982 in the Europa League game against the CSSR, where it was defeated in mixed. After the European Championship in 1986, she announced her resignation from the national team. In 1983 and 1984 she was named Player of the Year by the DTTB.

In between she played for Luxembourg from 1987 to 1991 .

Sporting successes

  • Success in youth
    • German Schoolchildren Championships
      • 1976 Atzbach: 2nd place individual
      • 1977 Hösbach: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Gabi Kirschner)
      • 1977 Berlin: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Andrea Gutknecht )
    • National ranking tournaments for students
      • 1977 Altbach: 1st place
      • 1978 Ahlem: 1st place
    • German Youth Championships
      • 1977 Raunheim: 1st place singles, 2nd place doubles (with Ingrid Schröder)
      • 1978 Wolfsburg: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Angela Krey)
      • 1980 Bad Königshofen: 1st place single, 1st place double (with Andrea Gutknecht )
      • 1981 Willstätt: 2nd place doubles (with Andrea Gutknecht )
    • National ranking tournaments youth
      • 1980 Kaufungen: 1st place
    • European championships
      • 1979 Rome: 1st place mixed (with Jürgen Rebel )
      • 1981 Topolcany: 1st place mixed (with Jürgen Rebel ), 3rd place double (with Ildiko Bolvari)
    • International championships
  • Participation in 4 world championships
    • 1983 in Tokyo: 10th place with women's team
    • 1985 in Gothenburg: 14th place with women's team
    • 1987 in New Delhi for Luxembourg
    • 1989 in Dortmund for Luxembourg
  • Participation in 5 European championships
    • 1982 in Budapest: 2nd place with women’s team
    • 1984 in Moscow: Round of 16 in singles, 10th place with women's team
    • 1986 in Prague: 3rd place with women's team
    • 1988 in Paris: game for Luxembourg
    • 1990 in Gothenburg: game for Luxembourg
  • International championships
    • 1978 Poland: 3rd place doubles (with Ursula Haag)
    • 1980 Netherlands: 3rd place doubles (with Anke Olschewski)
    • 1983 Wales: 1st place mixed (with Jürgen Rebel )
    • 1984 Duisburg: 3rd place doubles (with Kirsten Krüger )
    • 1987 Sweden: 3rd place doubles (with Nicole Struse )
    • 1988 Karlsruhe: 3rd place individual
  • National ranking tournaments
    • 1981 in Berlin: 2nd place
    • 1982 in Kleve: 2nd place
    • 1983 in Dautphetal: 1st place
    • 1984 in Willstätt: 1st place
    • 1985 in Geesthacht: 1st place
    • 1986 in wages: 1st place
    • 1987 in Kassel: 2nd place
    • 1988 in Solingen: 2nd place

Private

Susanne Wenzel's parents were active for the TSV Kronshagen club . Her father, the building contractor Horst Wenzel, used to be the association's department head. She also has an older brother and older sister Sabine.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
FRG  European Championship  1984  Moscow  URS   last 16       
FRG  European Championship  1982  Budapest  HUN         2
FRG  European Youth Championship (Juniors)  1981  Topolcany  TCH       gold   
FRG  European Youth Championship (Juniors)  1979  Roma  ITA       gold   
FRG  World Championship  1991  Chiba City  JPN   no participants  no participants  no participants  27 
FRG  World Championship  1991  Chiba City  JPN   no participants  tes  no participants  27 
FRG  World Championship  1991  Chiba City  JPN   test  no participants  no participants  27 
FRG  World Championship  1991  Chiba City  JPN   test  tes  no participants  27 
LUX  World Championship  1989  Dortmund  FRG   last 64  last 64  last 128  27 
LUX  World Championship  1987  New Delhi  IND   last 32  last 64  last 128   
FRG  World Championship  1985  Gothenburg  SWE   last 64  Agony  last 32  14th 
FRG  World Championship  1983  Tokyo  JPN   last 64  last 32  last 64  10 

literature

  • Annegret Steffien: Meeting the pressure to perform and remaining independent. - A portrait of the Kronshagen siblings Sabine and Susanne Wenzel, DTS magazine , 1981/4 pp. 29–30
  • Wulf Danker: The new passion of Super-Susi , DTS magazine , 1999/4 p. 42

Individual evidence

  1. DTS magazine , 1977/11 issue Süd-West p. 4
  2. DTS magazine , 1984/1 p. 8
  3. DTS magazine , 1982/18 p. 39
  4. DTS magazine , 1986/5 p. 20
  5. DTS magazine , 1987/1 p. 10
  6. DTS magazine , 1988/4 p. 10
  7. DTS magazine , 1990/5 p. 16
  8. DTS magazine , 1974/14 p. 40
  9. DTS magazine , 1989/7 p. 20
  10. ITTF database (accessed January 20, 2020)