Willi Mallon
Willi Mallon (* 1926 in Danzig ; † December 26, 1995 ) was one of the strongest German table tennis players in the early 1950s .
Career
Mallon grew up in his hometown of Gdansk on. After the Second World War he lived in Kassel. Here the defender belonged to the clubs Olympia Niederzweren, KSV Hessen Kassel , SV Hermannia Kassel and SV Grün-Weiß Kassel .
At the National German Championship in 1951 Mallon finished third in the singles. A year later he became German runner-up in doubles with Kurt Seifert . From 1952 to 1954 he was three times in a row Hessen champion in the individual. In 1952 he won the team with the Hessian Germany Cup . In the German ranking list he was 6th in 1953.
He was nominated for the national team three times. He was also there at the 1951 World Cup in Vienna.
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | World Championship | 1951 | Vienna | AUT | Agony | Agony | last 64 | 10 |
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- Mourning for Willi Mallon , DTS magazine , 1996/2 page 44
Individual evidence
- ↑ The year of birth is somewhat uncertain: It was calculated from the information from DTS 1996/2, page 44: died on Christmas Day at the age of 69 . Mallon could also have been born in the last days of December 1925.
- ↑ 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 , pages 238 + 140
- ↑ Tischtennis Magazin - Official organ of the Lower Saxony Table Tennis Association , 2005 issue 11, page 14
- ↑ Willi Mallon Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com In this ITTF database, Mallon is incorrectly listed with the first name Heinz (as of September 2011) (accessed on September 12, 2011)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mallon, Willi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Danzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1995 |