Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth

Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth
Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth at the Brazilian Open 2002
Nation:	Germany
Date of birth:	July 20, 1978
Place of birth:	Orbright
Playing hand:	Right handed
How to play:	Shakehand , attack (special strike: forehand topspin )
Best world ranking :	36 (February 2006)
Clubs as active: 1983-1990 TTC Odorhellen (Romania) 1990-1991 TTC Jülich 1991-1992 NF Rheydt 1992-1993 DJK Raspo Brand 1993-1994 TTF Bad Honnef 1994-1995 DJK Rheintreu Bockum (today: TSV Bockum 01) 1995-1999 TTF Bad Honnef 1999-2002 TTV RE-BAU patrons 2002-2003 TTC Karlsruhe-Neureut 2003-2009 TTC drawbridge Grenzau 2009-2011 AS Pontoise-Cergy TT 2011-2013 TTC Grenzau 2013-2015 Caen TTC since 2015 DT Dudelange

Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth (born July 20, 1978 in Odorheiu Secuiesc (Oderhellen) , Romania) is a German table tennis player . He participated in eight world championships and qualified for participation in the 2004 Olympic Games . So far (March 2016) he has played 45 international matches.

His cousin Andreas Fejer-Konnerth was two Romanian champions before he emigrated to Germany in 1988.

Career

Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth came to table tennis at the age of five. At that time he joined the Romanian association TTC Odorhellen. In 1990 he moved to Germany with his older brother Ferenc and his trainer Tibor Rozsnyois. Here he played in the association league at TTC Jülich.

His international career was interrupted when he was not nominated for the 2001 World Cup for disciplinary reasons, despite his sporting achievements . In March 2016 he was officially retired from the national team.

His most successful period was in Grenzau between 2004 and 2007, where he won the 2005/2006 cup and was the best player in the league in the 2006/2007 season.

titles and achievements

• 1992 - European student champion in doubles with Thomas Schröder
• 1993 - German champion in student singles
• 1993 - International Master Student CSFR, Holland
• 1995 - European Youth Team Champion
• 1996 - Winner Europe Top 12 of the youth in Brondby
• 1996 - First appearance in the national team (Europa League against Austria)
• 1997 - Winner Europe Top 12 of the youth
• 1998 - quarter-finalist DTTB-TOP-16
• 1999 - quarter-finalist DTTB-TOP-16
• 1999 - Round of 16 individual at the German Open in Bremen
• 1999 - European league winner
• 2000 - German runner-up in junior singles
• 2000 - German champion in men's singles in Magdeburg
• 2000 - European league winner
• 2001 - Dutch Open winner in men's doubles in Rotterdam
• 2001 - English Open winner in men's doubles in Chatham
• 2001 - 3rd place ITTF Pro Tour final in men's doubles in Tianjin
• 2001 - European league winner
• 2002 - winner of the DTTB-TOP-12
• 2002 - Vice European Champion Men's Team in Zagreb
• 2002 - European Champion in men's doubles in Zagreb (together with Timo Boll )
• 2003 - German runner-up in men's singles in Bielefeld
• 2003 - Vice European Champion Men's Team in Courmayeur
• 2004 - Vice World Champion men's team in Doha
• 2004 - Participation in the Olympic Games
• 2016 - team champion of Luxembourg with DT Dudelange

Game system

Attack (special strike: forehand topspin ), right-handed, shakehand

Results from the ITTF database

Results

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
GER	European Championship	2005	Aarhus	THE	Quarter finals
GER	European Championship	2003	Courmayeur	ITA				2
GER	European Championship	2002	Zagreb	HRV		gold		2
GER	European Youth Championship (Cadets)	1992	Topolcany	TCH		gold
GER	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1996	Frydek-Mistek	CZE				1
GER	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1995	The hague	NED				1
GER	Olympic games	2004	Athens	GRE		last 16
GER	Pro tour	2012	Poznań	POLE	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2012	Bremen	GER	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2011	Stockholm	SWE	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2011	Schwechat	AUT	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2011	Suzhou	CHN	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2011	Władysławowo	POLE	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2011	Dortmund	GER	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2011	Doha	QAT	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2011	Sheffield	CLOSELY	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2011	Velenje	SLO	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2010	Warsaw	POLE	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2010	catfish	AUT	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2010	Budaörs	HUN	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2010	Doha	QAT	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2010	Velenje	SVN	Semifinals
GER	Pro tour	2009	Sheffield	CLOSELY	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2009	Tianjin	CHN	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2009	Su Zhou	CHN	last 64	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2009	Minsk	BLR	last 64	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2009	Bremen	GER	last 64	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2009	Doha	QAT	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2009	Frederikshavn	THE	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2009	Velenje	SVN	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2008	Warsaw	POLE	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2008	Berlin	GER	last 32			2
GER	Pro tour	2008	Singapore	SIN	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2008	Daejeon	COR	last 64	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2008	Doha	QAT		last 16
GER	Pro tour	2007	Stockholm	SWE	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2007	Bremen	GER	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2007	Toulouse	FRA	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2007	catfish	AUT	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2007	Shenzhen	CHN	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2007	Taipei	TPE	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2007	Salwa Cup	KUW	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2007	Doha	QAT	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2006	Bayreuth	GER	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2006	Yokohama	JPN	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2006	Guangzhou	CHN	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2006	Jeonju	COR	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2006	Kuwait City	KUW	last 64	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2006	Doha	QAT	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2006	Zagreb	HRV	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2005	Gothenburg	SWE	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2005	Magdeburg	GER	Semifinals
GER	Pro tour	2005	Yokohama	JPN	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2005	Shenzhen	CHN	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2005	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2005	Doha	QAT	last 16	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2005	Zagreb	HRV	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2004	Leipzig	GER	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2004	Aarhus	THE	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2004	Warsaw	POLE	last 16	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2004	Kobe	JPN	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2004	Athens	GRE	last 64	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2004	Croatia	HRV	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2003	Malmo	SWE	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2003	Aarhus	THE	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2003	Bremen	GER		last 16
GER	Pro tour	2003	Johor Bahru	MAS	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2003	Doha	QAT	last 32	Semifinals
GER	Pro tour	2002	Farum	THE	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2002	Warsaw	POLE	last 16	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2002	Eindhoven	NED	last 64	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2002	Magdeburg	GER	last 64	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2002	São Paulo	BRA	last 32	silver
GER	Pro tour	2002	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 64
GER	Pro tour	2002	Doha	QAT	last 64	Semifinals
GER	Pro tour	2002	catfish	AUT	last 64	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2001	Farum	THE		last 16
GER	Pro tour	2001	Rotterdam	NED		gold
GER	Pro tour	2001	Bayreuth	GER	last 32	last 32
GER	Pro tour	2001	Fort Lauderdale	United States	Rd 1	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2001	Sao Paulo	BRA	last 16	Semifinals
GER	Pro tour	2001	Doha	QAT	last 64	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2001	Chatham	CLOSELY	Rd 1	gold
GER	Pro tour	2000	Farum	THE	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	2000	Umeå	SWE	last 16	Quarter finals
GER	Pro tour	2000	Warsaw	POLE		last 16
GER	Pro tour	2000	Toulouse	FRA	Rd 1
GER	Pro tour	1999	Linz / Wels	AUT	last 32
GER	Pro tour	1999	Bremen	GER	last 16	Rd 1
GER	Pro tour	1999	Guilin	CHN	last 32	last 16
GER	Pro tour	1998	Jinan City	CHN	Rd 1
GER	Pro tour	1997	Kettering	CLOSELY	Rd 1	Quarter finals
GER	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2001	Hainan	CHN		Semifinals
GER	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 32	last 32	last 32
GER	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	last 64	last 64	last 64
GER	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				3
GER	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	last 32	last 32	last 16
GER	World Championship	2004	Doha	QAT				2
GER	World Championship	2003	Paris	FRA	last 32	last 16
GER	World Championship	2000	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				5-8
GER	World Championship	1999	Eindhoven	NED	no participants	no participants	no participants
GER	WTC World Team Cup	2010	Dubai	UAE				3rd place

swell

• Barbara Völkerding: Up in the fighter jet. In: DTS magazine , 1997/9 page 37.
• Christian Müller: The Hallodri is growing up. In: DTS magazine , 2002/10 pages 32–34.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Farewell to two deserving national players ( memento of the original from March 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article from March 20, 2016 on tischtennis.de (accessed on March 22, 2016)  
2. ↑ DTS magazine , 2001/4, pages 40–41.
3. ↑ DTS magazine , 2016/6 page 7
4. ↑ Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on June 21, 2014)

Web links

• The main source for this article was the player portrait on table tennis.de (accessed on August 21, 2012)
• Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth biography on the website of the table tennis world association ittf.com (English) (accessed on August 5, 2011)
• What is ex-vice world champion Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth actually doing? , Article of May 29, 2020 (accessed June 2, 2020)