Torben Wosik
Torben Wosik 
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| Date of birth: | October 8, 1973 |
| Place of birth: | Hamm |
| Playing hand: | left handed |
| How to play: | Shakehand |
| Best world ranking : | 25 (May, June 2003) |
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Torben "Turbo" Wosik (born October 8, 1973 in Hamm ) is a former German table tennis player . He was German champion in men's singles in 1999 and 2008 .
former clubs
- 1978–1987: TTC Grünweiß Bad Hamm
- 1987–1993: Borussia Düsseldorf
- 1993-1994: Spvg Steinhagen
- 1994–1995: CFC Hertha 06 Berlin
- 1995-2000: TTF Bad Honnef
- 2000-2006: TTC Frickenhausen
- 2006–2010: Angers Vaillante TT (France)
- 2010–2012: ttc matec Frickenhausen
- 2012–2013: SV Plüderhausen
- 2013-2016: TSV 1860 Ansbach (3rd Bundesliga South)
- since 2017: Oldenburger Turnerbund (senior citizens over 40)
- since 2017: Hertha BSC (3rd Bundesliga North)
titles and achievements
Torben Wosik won the 78th German National Table Tennis Championships on March 30, 2008.
World Cup second men’s team 2004 , 2nd place DTTB Top 12 2004, EM second place 2003 (men’s singles), EM second place 1990 , 2000 and 2002 (men’s team), World Cup third 1997 (men’s team), 2nd place Brazilian Open 2002 (men's doubles), semi-finalist Swedish Open 1999 (men's singles), winner of the European League 1999, 2000 and 2001, winner of the European Nations Cup 1998, German champion 1999, 2008 (men's singles), five-time German champion in doubles, six times German master in mixed. German cup winner 2005.
Wosik is right-handed from birth. When he saw his idol Stellan Bengtsson playing with his left hand in the early 1980s , he switched his own game to the left hand. He does all other things with his right hand.
Already in 1986 he reached 3rd place in the German student championship in singles and 2nd place in doubles (with Volker Scheibke). In 1987 he and Sandra Nienhaus won the European Mixed School Championships. In 1988 he was European champion in singles and with the German school team in Novi Sad, in 1989 he won the doubles title (with Joseph Hong). In 1990 he won the European youth ranking tournament Europe TOP-12 as well as the individual competition of the European youth championship in Hollabrunn, and in 1991 the DTTB-TOP 12 tournament. Wosik played his first international match on April 10, 1990 at the European Championship against Poland, he won against Piotr Molenda .
His last success was winning the 2008 German championship in men's singles.
In 2013 Torben Wosik ended his career as a competitive athlete and joined the Bayern league club TSV 1860 Ansbach . For the second half of the 2016/2017 season he moved to the OTB in Oldenburg to play with Steffen Fetzner and Peter Franz .
Game system
Attack (special strikes: block and push ball), left-handed, shakehand
Private
Torben Wosik was married to table tennis player Elke Schall from December 2001 to 2008 . Since August 2009 he has been married to Alla, a Russian, with whom he has a son (* 2010). His older brother Ralf Wosik was also a well-known table tennis player.
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | European Championship | 2003 | Courmayeur | ITA | silver | 2 | ||
| GER | European Championship | 2002 | Zagreb | HRV | Quarter finals | 2 | ||
| GER | European Championship | 2000 | Bremen | GER | Quarter finals | 2 | ||
| GER | European Championship | 1992 | Stuttgart | GER | Quarter finals | |||
| FRG | European Youth Championship (Cadets) | 1988 | Novi Sad | YUG | gold | 1 | ||
| GER | European Youth Championship (Cadets) | 1987 | Athens | GRE | gold | |||
| GER | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 1991 | Granada | ESP | Semifinals | gold | ||
| FRG | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 1990 | Hollabrunn | AUT | gold | silver | ||
| GER | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 1989 | Kockelschever | LUX | gold | silver | ||
| GER | Olympic games | 2004 | Athens | GRE | last 64 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2011 | Władysławowo | POLE | last 32 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2011 | Dortmund | GER | last 64 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2010 | Warsaw | POLE | last 64 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2010 | Berlin | GER | last 64 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2010 | Velenje | SVN | last 32 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2009 | Wakayama | JPN | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2009 | Su Zhou | CHN | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2009 | Bremen | GER | last 16 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2009 | Frederikshavn | THE | last 64 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2008 | Warsaw | POLE | last 32 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2008 | Berlin | GER | last 64 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2007 | Bremen | GER | last 64 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2007 | St. Petersburg | RUS | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2007 | Taipei | TPE | last 32 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2006 | Warsaw | POLE | last 16 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2006 | Bayreuth | GER | last 16 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2006 | St. Petersburg | RUS | last 32 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2006 | Yokohama | JPN | last 64 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2006 | Singapore | SIN | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2006 | Kuwait City | KUW | last 64 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2006 | Doha | QAT | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2006 | Zagreb | HRV | last 64 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2005 | Gothenburg | SWE | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2005 | Magdeburg | GER | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2005 | Yokohama | JPN | last 16 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2005 | Shenzhen | CHN | last 64 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2005 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2005 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2005 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2004 | catfish | AUT | last 16 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2004 | Leipzig | GER | last 16 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2004 | Aarhus | THE | last 32 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2004 | Warsaw | POLE | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2004 | Kobe | JPN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2004 | Singapore | SIN | last 32 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2004 | Pyeongchang | COR | last 16 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2004 | Athens | GRE | last 32 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2004 | Croatia | HRV | last 64 | Semifinals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2003 | Malmo | SWE | last 64 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2003 | Aarhus | THE | last 32 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2003 | Bremen | GER | last 64 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2003 | Johor Bahru | MAS | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2003 | Guangzhou | CHN | last 32 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2003 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2003 | Croatia | HRV | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2002 | Farum | THE | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2002 | Warsaw | POLE | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2002 | Eindhoven | NED | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2002 | Magdeburg | GER | last 32 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2002 | São Paulo | BRA | last 16 | silver | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2002 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | last 16 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2002 | Cairo | EGY | last 16 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2002 | catfish | AUT | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2001 | Skovde | SWE | Rd 1 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2001 | Rotterdam | NED | last 32 | last 32 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2001 | Bayreuth | GER | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2001 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2001 | São Paulo | BRA | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2001 | Zagreb | HRV | Quarter finals | Rd 1 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2001 | Chatham | CLOSELY | Rd 1 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2000 | Farum | THE | Rd 1 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 2000 | Umeå | SWE | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2000 | Toulouse | FRA | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 2000 | Zagreb | HRV | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 1999 | Karlskrona | SWE | Semifinals | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 1999 | Linz / Wels | AUT | Rd 1 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 1999 | Bremen | GER | Rd 1 | Rd 1 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 1999 | Guilin | CHN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 1999 | Hopton-on-Sea | CLOSELY | Rd 1 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 1998 | Sundsvall | SWE | Rd 1 | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 1998 | Courmayeur | ITA | Rd 1 | Rd 1 | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 1997 | Lyon | FRA | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 1997 | Linz | AUT | Quarter finals | |||
| GER | Pro tour | 1997 | Gdańsk | POLE | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 1997 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| GER | Pro tour | 1997 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | Rd 1 | |||
| GER | World Championship | 2004 | Doha | QAT | 2 | |||
| GER | World Championship | 2003 | Paris | FRA | last 64 | last 32 | last 16 | |
| GER | World Championship | 2001 | Osaka | JPN | last 32 | last 64 | last 64 | 7th |
| GER | World Championship | 2000 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 5-8 | |||
| GER | World Championship | 1999 | Eindhoven | NED | last 64 | last 32 | last 32 | |
| GER | World Championship | 1997 | Manchester | CLOSELY | last 128 | last 64 | last 32 | 4th |
| GER | World Championship | 1995 | Tianjin | CHN | Agony | last 64 | last 32 | 5 |
| GER | World Championship | 1991 | Chiba City | JPN | last 128 | last 32 | last 64 | 5 |
| FRG | World Championship | 1989 | Dortmund | FRG | last 64 | last 64 | last 32 | |
| GER | World cup | 2003 | Jiangyin | CHN | 13-16 space |
Web links
- The main source for this article was the player portrait on the homepage of the German Table Tennis Association (accessed on August 21, 2012)
Individual evidence
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2005/2 page 10
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1986/4 page 21
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1991/9 page 41 (overview bottom right)
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1990/2 page 14
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1991/2 page 34
- ^ DTS magazine , 1990/5, page 18
- ↑ DK / TTBL: Wosik ends professional career, Mattenet is coming (accessed on June 4, 2013)
- ↑ Change list for the second half of 2016/2017 on click-tt (accessed on January 12, 2017)
- ↑ online article of the NWZ from November 4, 2016 (accessed on January 12, 2017)
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2010/10 page 36
- ↑ Torben Wosik Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 17, 2011)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wosik, Torben |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wosik, Turbo (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamm , Westphalia |