Walter Than
Walter Than (born December 25, 1921 in Cologne ; † October 24, 2011 in Herzogenaurach ) was a German table tennis player .
Career
Than became German individual champion in 1951 by beating Kurt Seifert in the final . In the same year, the German Table Tennis Association (DTTB) led him to first place in the national ranking. With the club MTV Munich 1879 he was German team champion seven times between 1947 and 1954. In 1951, Federal President Theodor Heuss honored him and the team with the Silver Laurel Leaf . Than was the first table tennis player to receive the silver bay leaf.
From 1951 to 1953 he made 15 international appearances. In 1999 he ended his active career.
Walter Than lived in Munich since the mid-1940s, most recently in Herzogenaurach. He was married.
Sporting successes
- Than took part in 2 table tennis world championships :
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National German championships
- 1947 Heppenheim: Double 3rd place (with K. Strixner)
- 1948 Göttingen: Individual 3rd place
- 1951 Berlin: Singles 1st place, 3rd place mixed (with Edith Schmidt )
- 1953 Herford: Double 4th place (with Conny Freundorfer )
- 1954 Berlin: Double 2nd place (with Conny Freundorfer )
- German team championships with MTV Munich
- 1947–1951 1st place
- 1953–1954 1st place
- 1955 2nd place
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Germany Cup
- 1951 1st place with Team Bavaria
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Bavarian Championships
- 1950 Ingolstadt: Singles 1st place
- 1951 Ingolstadt: double 2nd place (with K. Strixner)
- 1953 Regensburg: Singles 1st place
- societies
- 1945–1960 MTV Munich 1879
- 1960–1977 TSV Milbertshofen
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | World Championship | 1952 | Bombay | IND | last 128 | last 32 | no participants | 9 |
| GER | World Championship | 1951 | Vienna | AUT | last 64 | last 32 | Scratched | 10 |
Books
- Manfred Schäfer: A game for life. 75 years of DTTB. (1925-2000) . Published by the German Table Tennis Association DTTB , Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-00-005890-7 , p. 223
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1996/12 p. 35
- ^ ITTF statistics (accessed September 15, 2011)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Than, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 2011 |
| Place of death | Herzogenaurach |