Wolfgang Böttcher (badminton)
Wolfgang Böttcher (born July 27, 1953 ) is a former German badminton player .
Career
He began his sporting career at BSG Lokomotive Staßfurt . With his long-term partner Armin Balke, he won three bronze medals and one silver medal in the men's doubles category. They celebrated their greatest mutual success with winning the title in the AK 12/13 in 1967. In 1970 Böttcher won the GDR junior title in the men's singles. With the beginning of his studies and the move to the DHfK Leipzig , his sporting career continued to take off. With the university team there, he took bronze three times at the GDR team championships , and in 1976 the team even won silver. He achieved his greatest success in the individual disciplines together with Joachim Schimpke from Tröbitz in 1974, when both became GDR champions in men's doubles. At the end of the season, both won, Böttcher was now regularly nominated for the national team, the international Werner Seelenbinder memorial tournament , which was Böttcher's only international success. After completing his studies in Leipzig, things became quiet around Wolfgang Böttcher in the sporting field.
Sporting successes
| event | season | discipline | space | Surname |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDR best determination AK 10/11 | 1964/1965 | Men's doubles | 3 | Armin Balke / Wolfgang Böttcher (Lok Staßfurt) |
| GDR best determination AK 12/13 | 1965/1966 | Men's doubles | 3 | Armin Balke / Wolfgang Böttcher (Lok Staßfurt) |
| GDR best determination AK 12/13 | 1966/1967 | Men's doubles | 1 | Armin Balke / Wolfgang Böttcher (Lok Staßfurt) |
| GDR individual championship age group 16/17 | 1968/1969 | Men's doubles | 3 | Armin Balke / Wolfgang Böttcher (Lok Staßfurt) |
| GDR individual championship age group 16/17 | 1969/1970 | Men's singles | 1 | Wolfgang Böttcher (Lok Staßfurt) |
| GDR individual championship age group 16/17 | 1969/1970 | Men's doubles | 2 | Armin Balke / Wolfgang Böttcher (Lok Staßfurt) |
| GDR individual championship age group 16/17 | 1970/1971 | Men's doubles | 1 | Wolfgang Böttcher / Jürgen Richter (Lok Staßfurt / HSG DHfK Leipzig) |
| GDR individual championship age group 16/17 | 1970/1971 | Men's singles | 1 | Wolfgang Böttcher (Lok Staßfurt) |
| GDR individual championship age group 16/17 | 1971/1972 | Men's doubles | 1 | Wolfgang Böttcher / Jürgen Richter (HSG DHfK Leipzig) |
| GDR individual championship age group 16/17 | 1971/1972 | Mixed | 1 | Wolfgang Böttcher / Helga Pöschel (HSG DHfK Leipzig) |
| GDR individual championship age group 16/17 | 1971/1972 | Men's singles | 1 | Wolfgang Böttcher (HSG DHfK Leipzig) |
| GDR team championship | 1971/1972 | team | 3 | HSG DHfK Leipzig (Gerd Pigola, Volker Herbst, Wolfgang Böttcher, Jürgen Richter, Frank Geißler, Beate Herbst, Monika Brehmer, Christel Sommer, Helga Pöschel) |
| GDR team championship | 1972/1973 | team | 3 | HSG DHfK Leipzig (Gerd Pigola, Volker Herbst, Wolfgang Böttcher, Jürgen Richter, Bernd Brösdorf , Frank Geißler, Joachim Gerhardt, Hachmeister, Christel Sommer, Helga Pöschel, Beate Herbst, Helga Pöschel) |
| GDR team championship | 1973/1974 | team | 3 | HSG DHfK Leipzig (Gerd Pigola, Volker Herbst, Wolfgang Böttcher, Bernd Brösdorf, Peter Rebel, Beate Herbst , Christel Sommer) |
| International Werner Seelenbinder Memorial Tournament | 1973/1974 | Men's doubles | 2 | Roland Riese / Wolfgang Böttcher ( Progress Tröbitz / HSG DHfK Leipzig) |
| GDR championship | 1973/1974 | Men's doubles | 1 | Joachim Schimpke / Wolfgang Böttcher ( Progress Tröbitz / HSG DHfK Leipzig) |
| GDR team championship | 1974/1975 | team | 3 | HSG DHfK Leipzig (Wolfgang Böttcher, Gerd Pigola, Jürgen Richter, Volker Herbst, Bernd Brösdorf, Ralph Schieck, Peter Rebel, Beate Herbst , Christel Sommer) |
| GDR championship | 1974/1975 | Men's doubles | 2 | Joachim Schimpke / Wolfgang Böttcher ( Progress Tröbitz / HSG DHfK Leipzig) |
| International Werner Seelenbinder Memorial Tournament | 1974/1975 | Men's doubles | 1 | Joachim Schimpke / Wolfgang Böttcher ( Progress Tröbitz / HSG DHfK Leipzig) |
| International Werner Seelenbinder Memorial Tournament | 1974/1975 | Mixed | 3 | Wolfgang Böttcher / Christel Sommer ( HSG DHfK Leipzig ) |
| GDR team championship | 1975/1976 | team | 2 | HSG DHfK Leipzig (Wolfgang Böttcher, Gerd Pigola, Jürgen Richter, Volker Herbst, Matthias Röder, Manfred Blauhut, Christel Sommer, Beate Herbst ) |
| GDR senior championship AKI | 1989/1990 | Men's doubles | 3 | Karl-Heinz Gray / Wolfgang Böttcher (Lok Staßfurt) |
credentials
- René Born: Badminton in Tröbitz (Part 1 - The beginnings, the medal winners, the statistics) , self-published (2007), 455 pages ( online version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Böttcher, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German badminton player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1953 |