Thierry Miller
Thierry Miller (born October 13, 1966 ) is a former Swiss table tennis player .
Life
Thierry Miller was born in 1966. He came to table tennis in 1972. Urania Genève Sport was his first club. After four years he switched to Silver Star. Then he played in Germany, France and Sweden. Back in Switzerland he played at TTC Neuhausen and TTC Bulle . He is still one of the best Swiss table tennis players. In the German Bundesliga he was active in 1985/86 with TuS Vahr-Bremen and in 1997 with TTC Grünweiß Bad Hamm .
In 1982 he won a bronze medal at the European Youth Championships. From 1984 to 2007 he was Swiss individual champion 14 times . From 1981 to 2003 he took part in ten world championships , but never came close to medal ranks.
One of his greatest successes was beating the 1988 Olympic champion Yoo Nam-kyu at the 2009 World Cup .
successes
- 14 times Swiss individual champion
- 14 times Swiss champion in doubles
- 4 times Swiss champion in mixed
- 2006 Senior O40 world champion in doubles with Zoran Kalinić
- 2013 3rd place in the individual senior O40 EM in Bremen
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUI | Pro tour | 1999 | Lievin | FRA | last 32 | |||
| SUI | Pro tour | 1999 | Hopton-on-Sea | CLOSELY | Rd 1 | |||
| SUI | Pro tour | 1998 | Wakayama | JPN | Rd 1 | last 16 | ||
| SUI | Pro tour | 1998 | Kota Kinabalu | MAS | last 32 | Rd 1 | ||
| SUI | Pro tour | 1997 | Squid | SWE | Rd 1 | |||
| SUI | Pro tour | 1997 | Gdańsk | POLE | Rd 1 | |||
| SUI | Pro tour | 1997 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | Rd 1 | Rd 1 | ||
| SUI | World Championship | 2003 | Paris | FRA | Agony | |||
| SUI | World Championship | 1999 | Eindhoven | NED | last 64 | last 64 | last 128 | |
| SUI | World Championship | 1997 | Manchester | CLOSELY | last 64 | last 128 | Rd 2 | 49 |
| SUI | World Championship | 1995 | Tianjin | CHN | last 128 | last 64 | last 64 | 43 |
| SUI | World Championship | 1993 | Gothenburg | SWE | last 128 | Agony | no participants | 47 |
| SUI | World Championship | 1989 | Dortmund | FRG | last 128 | Agony | no participants | 34 |
| SUI | World Championship | 1987 | New Delhi | IND | last 64 | last 64 | last 128 | 36 |
| SUI | World Championship | 1985 | Gothenburg | SWE | last 128 | last 64 | no participants | 30th |
| SUI | World Championship | 1983 | Tokyo | JPN | Agony | last 64 | Agony | 29 |
| SUI | World Championship | 1981 | Novi Sad | YUG | Agony | Agony | no participants | 31 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b DTS magazine , 1997/8 page 16
- ^ DTS magazine , 1985/6 page 22 + 1986/6 page 18
- ↑ TOPSPIN magazine 2006/2007 No. 1, page 28
- ↑ Achievements: Thierry Miller - The Legend (accessed April 16, 2014)
- ^ Thierry Miller results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed April 16, 2014)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Miller, Thierry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1966 |