Wilfried Lieck

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Wilfried Lieck (born October 29, 1945 in Aalborg , Denmark ) is a successful German table tennis player . He was five times German champion in singles and European champion in mixed. At the 1969 World Cup and the 1980 European Championship, he reached the final with the men's team.

Career

Lieck began playing table tennis as a youth at Post SV Bochum. In 1962 he moved to SV Moltkeplatz Essen . In the same year Lieck won the German youth championship in doubles for the first time with his long-time doubles partner Walter Dahlmann . From 1965/66 onwards, the first successes in the senior sector began. Wilfried Lieck was looked after by Bernie Vossebein .

Lieck's strength lay in the blocking game, that is, he stood close to the table and blocked the opponent's attacking balls with his forehand and backhand. His topspin balls were characterized by neither enormous spin nor high speed, but were struck from the wrist almost seamlessly, so that the opposing player could only see the direction of the balls very late.

Between 1965 and 1985 Lieck played 148 international matches for Germany. His first use was in March 1965 in the friendly match against Jersey, which was won 5-0. After the European Championship in 1986 he announced his resignation from the national team.

In 1970 he became German champion for the first time. In Frankfurt he won the final against Eberhard Schöler , who had won the German championship eight times. This heralded the end of the Schöler era. Although Lieck lost again in the final against Schöler the following year, he returned the favor in 1972 and became champion for the second time. He won this title again in 1973 , 1975 and 1976 .

At the World Cup in Munich in 1969 Lieck lost in the final with the men's team at the side of Eberhard Schöler and Bernt Jansen 3: 5 against defending champions Japan and won the silver medal.

He caused a stir again at the 1978 European Championships in Duisburg. Here he became European mixed champion together with Wiebke Hendriksen . At the 1980 European TT Championships in Bern , he won the silver medal in the team competition together with Peter Stellwag , Engelbert Hüging , Jochen Leiß and Heiner Lammers .

At the German Championship in Münster in 1993 he competed - a novelty - with his son in doubles.

In the 2009/2010 season Wilfried Lieck - at the age of 65 - still played in the 2nd Bundesliga with his club TTC Altena ; After the relegation of the two-time German team champions Altena to the Regionalliga West, Lieck and his strengthened team are among the favorites for promotion in the 2010/2011 season. At the Senior World Championships in Hohhot, China, he was able to win the world title in the single over 65 and double over 60 (with the Chinese Liang Geliang ).

Honors

In 1969 Lieck received the Silver Laurel Leaf , the highest sporting award in Germany.

At the 1977 World Cup in Birmingham, Lieck received the Richard Bergmann Fair Play Award for his fair behavior in the game against Stellan Bengtsson : When the score was 18:20 in the fifth set, the referee incorrectly counted an edge ball as a point for Lieck. Lieck corrected this wrong decision and lost the set with 21:18. This meant losing the game and being eliminated from the individual competition.

In 1985, the NRW Minister of Education, Hans Schwier, presented Wilfried Lieck with the sports badge of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia .

Private

Wilfried Lieck graduated from high school in 1966 and later worked as a teacher. He has been married since 1970 and lives in Lüdenscheid with his family: wife Rita and son Stefan (born February 17, 1975), who played with Altena in the Bundesliga from 1994 to 1998.

successes

  • National German youth championships
    • 1962 in Mölln: 2nd place singles, 1st place doubles (with Walter Dahlmann )
    • 1963 in Siegen: 2nd place singles, 1st place doubles (with Walter Dahlmann), 1st place mixed (with Mechtild Wickl)
    • 1963 in Duisburg-Wedau European youth meeting 3rd place (with Mechthild Wickl)
  • Participation in table tennis world championships
    • 1967 in Stockholm
      • 3rd place with men's team
    • 1969 in Munich
      • 2nd place with men's team
    • 1971 in Nagoya
      • Round of 16 singles
      • 6th place with men's team
    • 1973 in Sarajevo
      • 9th place with men's team
    • 1977 in Birmingham
      • Round of 16 singles
      • 5th place with men's team
    • 1981 in Novi Sad
      • participation
    • 1985 in Tokyo
      • not in the team
  • European championships
    • 1970 in Moscow
      • Round of 16 singles
      • Quarterfinals in mixed (with Agnes Simon )
      • 5th place with men's team
    • 1972 in Rotterdam
      • Round of 16 singles
      • 5th place with men's team
    • 1974 in Novi Sad
      • Quarter-finals in doubles (with Jochen Leiß )
      • 9th place with men's team
    • 1976 in Prague
    • 1978 in Duisburg
      • Quarter-finals in singles
      • Quarter-finals in doubles (with Ralf Wosik )
      • 9th place with men's team
      • 1st place mixed (with Wiebke Hendriksen )
    • 1980 in Bern
    • 1984 in Moscow
      • Round of 16 singles
      • 9th place with men's team
  • Europe TOP-12
    • 1971 in Zadar: 9th place
    • 1974 in Trollhättan: 10th place
    • 1978 in Prague: 4th place
    • 1979 in Kristianstad: 10th place
    • 1980 in Munich: 7th place
  • International championships
    • 1971 Hungary: 2nd place doubles (with Jochen Leiß )
    • 1972 Belgium: 1st place with team
    • 1976 Belgium: 1st place individual, 2nd place with team
    • 1976 France: 2nd place mixed (with Wiebke Hendriksen )
    • 1977 Wales: 1st place singles, 2nd place doubles (with Peter Stellwag ), 2nd place with team
    • 1977 Scandinavia: 2nd place doubles (with Peter Stellwag ), 2nd place with team
    • 1984 Germany: 4th place individual
    • 1998 in Neuhausen / Filder: Seniors over 50 - 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with B. Lang)
    • 1999 in Lübbecke: Seniors over 40 - 1st place single, 1st place double (with Manfred Nieswand )
    • 2000 in Limburg: Seniors over 40 - 1st place doubles (with Manfred Nieswand )
  • National ranking tournaments
    • 1968 in Saarbrücken: 2nd place
    • 1969 in Siegen: 2nd place
    • 1970 in Augsburg: 2nd place
    • 1971 in Duisburg: 3rd place
    • 1972 in Zweibrücken: 2nd place
    • 1973 in Berlin: 1st place
    • 1974 in Löhne: 1st place
    • 1975 in Hattersheim: 3rd place
    • 1976 in Elsenfeld: 1st place
    • 1977 in Hamburg: 1st place
    • 1979 in Hattersheim: 2nd place
    • 1981 in Berlin: 3rd place
  • German team championships
    • 1970 1st place with PSV Borussia Düsseldorf
    • 1971 1st place with PSV Borussia Düsseldorf
    • 1973 1st place with TTG Altena-Nachrodt
    • 1976 1st place with VfB Altena
    • 1979 3rd place with TTC Plaza Altena
  • German cup championships
    • 1970 in Düsseldorf: 1st place with PSV Borussia Düsseldorf
    • 1971 in Nidderau: 1st place with PSV Borussia Düsseldorf
    • 1973 in Velbert: 1st place with TTG Altena-Nachrodt
  • Senior World Championship
    • 1990 in Baltimore: Over 40s: 2nd place doubles (with Galal Ezz, Switzerland)
    • 1998 in Manchester: Over 50: 1st place individual
    • 2000 in Vancouver: Over 50s: 3rd place singles, 1st place doubles (with Galal Ezz, Switzerland)
    • 2010 in Hohhot: 60+: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Liang Geliang , China)
  • Ranking positions
    • 1977: 15th place in the world rankings
    • 1977–1978: 10th place in the European rankings
    • 1972: 1st place in the German ranking list
    • 1973: 1st place in the German ranking list
    • 1976: 1st place in the German ranking
    • 1977: 1st place in the German ranking list

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 1980 Bern SUI Quarter finals 2
FRG European Championship 1978 Duisburg FRG Quarter finals Quarter finals gold
FRG European Championship 1976 Prague TCH Quarter finals
FRG European Championship 1974 Novi Sad YUG Quarter finals
FRG European Championship 1972 Rotterdam NED last 16
FRG European Championship 1970 Moscow URS last 16 Quarter finals
FRG EURO TOP12 1980 Munich FRG 7th
FRG EURO TOP12 1979 Kristianstad SWE 10
FRG EURO TOP12 1978 Prague TCH 4th
FRG EURO TOP12 1974 Trollhatten SWE 10
FRG EURO TOP12 1971 Zadar YUG 9
FRG World Championship 1985 Gothenburg SWE last 128 last 32 no participants 17th
FRG World Championship 1981 Novi Sad YUG last 32 last 32 last 64 13
FRG World Championship 1977 Birmingham CLOSELY last 16 last 32 last 64 5
FRG World Championship 1973 Sarajevo YUG last 128 last 64 no participants 9
FRG World Championship 1971 Nagoya JPN last 16 last 16 last 64 6th
FRG World Championship 1969 Munich FRG last 32 last 64 last 64 2
FRG World Championship 1967 Stockholm SWE last 128 last 64 last 32 4th

literature

  • Winfried Stöckmann: Wilfried Lieck - German Master , DTS magazine , 1970/3 edition Süd-West, pages 9-10
  • Klaus Jürgen Dei: The club is still firmly under control , DTS magazine , 1995/11 page 39
  • Winfried Stöckmann: Wilfried Lieck and the (success) story , DTS magazine , 2003/6 regional West page 7

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1965/7 West issue, page 3
  2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1986/5 page 20
  3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1993/3 page 10
  4. ↑ Old hand Wilfried Lieck wins both titles in Hohhot, China (accessed September 4, 2018)
  5. ↑ Carrier of the "Silver Laurel Leaf" of the Federal Republic of Germany. (PDF; 646 kB) (No longer available online.) In: Ehrentafel - Status: June 24, 2015. West German Table Tennis Association V., p. 88 , archived from the original on February 2, 2016 ; accessed on September 4, 2018 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / wttv.de
  6. ↑ DTS magazine , 1977/8 page 5
  7. ↑ DTS magazine , 1985/5 page 46
  8. ↑ DTS magazine , 1988/8 page 31
  9. ↑ Wilfried Lieck results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 11, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Lieck, Wilfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Aalborg , Denmark