The German hosts won 17 gold medals altogether in the ÖVB-Arena. However at the European Veterans Championships Russia has a new Champion in the most attractive Event – Men’s 40 category – Mukhamed KUSHKHOV. KUSHKHOV beat his compatriot Dmitri,
The German hosts won 17 gold medals altogether in the ÖVB-Arena. However at the European Veterans Championships Russia has a new Champion in the most attractive Event – Men’s 40 category – Mukhamed KUSHKHOV.
KUSHKHOV beat his compatriot Dmitrij MAZUNOV in the final. Defensive player Elena LAMONOS, born in Belarus but equipped with a German passport and living in Germany for many years, defended the title she had won in Liberec (Czech Republic) 2 years ago. She beat the former Italian national team players Alessia ARISI in the final after she was 0-2 games down. In the semi final she had overcome Olga NEMES in 5 games.
Elena LAMONOS: “I’m overwhelmed that I won this final. Before these championships I thought my chances to win a medal were about 20 to 30 per cent. In the final I was the better player today but in the end the decisive point was that I was mentally stronger, too. Otherwise I wouldn’t have won. I’m just happy.”
Six times German champion Georg BOHM takes 2 medals home. He won the bronze in the Men’s singles 50 and secured gold partnering Andreas FEJER-KONNERT in the 40-category. Mikael APPELGREN from Sweden and Jing TIAN-ZÖRNER from Germany clinched the gold medals in the 50 singles.
Mikael APPELGREN praised the play of DING Yi: “He was a difficult task for me. He used to be a good player. I tried to return the balls shortly and afterwards played far to the corners of the table. It was much fun to play and it was nice to meet some old fellows.”
FINALS –
Men’s 40 – Singles: Mukhamed KUSHKHOV RUS – Dmitrij MAZUNOV RUS 3:2 (-7,7,7,-7,6). Doubles: Georg BÖHM/Andreas FEJER-KONNERT GER – Colum SLEVIN/Lorestas TRUMPAUSKAS IRL/ENG 3:2 (9,-9,-7,9,7)
Women’s 40 – Singles: Elena LAMONOS GER – Alessia ARISI ITA 3:2 (-9,-9,7,8,7). Doubles: Elena CHUNIKHINA/Larisa LAVRUKHINA RUS – Elena LAMONOS/Ina JOZEPSONE GER/LAT 3:0 (5,5,8)
Men’s 50 – Singles: Mikael APPELGREN SWE – DING Yi AUT 3:2 (-6,8,-4,6,9). Doubles: Lutz MOCKER/Uwe CHRISTLIEB GER – Dirk KOSS/Alexander MICHAJLOV GER 3:1 (-9,8,6,8)
Women’s 50 – Singles: Jing TIAN-ZÖRNER GER – Vera BAZZI SUI 3:0 (5,2,5). Doubles: Maria GAFTEA/Maria POPA ROU – Jutta von DIECKEN/Marion KLUSSMANN GER 3:0 (4,8,8)
Men’s 60 – Singles: Stanislaw FRACZYK AUT – Rein LINDMÄE EST 3:0 (8,8,8). Doubles: Reinhard SORGER/Stanislaw FRACZYK AUT – Gerd WERNER/Dieter JÜRGENS GER 3:2 (8,7-11,-7,7)
Women’s 60 – Singles: Larisa ANDREEVA RUS – Larisa ILINSKAYA RUS 3:0 (13,5,4). Doubles: Christa GEIST/Sabine SIEWERT-RATH GER – Galina ZVEREVA/Larisa ANDREEVA RUS 3:2 (-5,-7,6,11,3)
Men’s 65 – Singles: Claus PEDERSEN DEN – Milos MATEJICEK CZE 3:1 (4,6-6,3). Doubles: Claus PEDERSEN/Niels RAMBERG DEN – Gennady GMYRA/Vladimir STOLNIKOV RUS 3:0 (6,7,8)
Women’s 65 – Singles: Mare KABRITS EST – Jutta TRAPP GER 3:0 (9,8,8). Doubles: Marianne KERWAT/Ursula KRÜGER GER – Gudrun ENGEL/Jutta BARON GER 3:1 (14,9,-12,8)
Men’s 70 – Singles: Uwe WIENPRECHT GER – Siegfried LEMKE GER 3:2 (11,-5,-9,8,9). Doubles: Ernst BISON/Dr. Bernd WITTHAUS GER – Roy NORTON/Emanuele RAME ENG/ITA 3:2 (7,-7,-11,6,7)
Women’s 70 – Singles: Jutta BARON GER – Doris DIEKMANN GER 3:0 (7,4,9). Doubles: Ellen HAAK/Edit WETZEL GER – Heidi WUNNER/Christa GEBHARDT GER 3:1 (7,7,-8,6)
Men’s 75 – Singles: Dieter LIPPELT GER – Josef RAKOSNIK CZE 3:0 (7,6,8). Doubles: Adolf PROPFE/Karl-Heinz FALKE GER – Helmut NÄTER/Rudi FRITZINGER GER 3:2 (6,9,-7,-3,10)
Women’s 75 – Singles: Marianne BLASBERG GER – Sigrid MATTHIAS GER 3:2 (-9,8,12,-3,5). Doubles: Betty BIRD/Nicole PILLIERE ENG/FRA – Margret HEGER/Regina ISERN GER 3:0 (6,8,4)
Men’s 80 – Singles: Rolf GROSS GER – Fred LOOKWOOD ENG 3:2 (2,6-5,-5,6). Doubles: Geofrey BAX/Fred LOOKWOOD ENG – Erich BUCHNER/Dr. Hans-Jürgen SCHAEF GER 3:2 (3,8,-7,-4,9)
Women’s 80 – Singles: Anneliese BISCHOFF GER – Nicole BRENGARD FRA 3:0 (8,5,9). Doubles: Ursel POPLAWSKI/Inge BAUER GER – Gisela LANGEN/Kaija KOSONEN GER/FIN 3:0 (6,9,7)
Men’s 85 – Singles: Lumir RUZHA CZE – Oldrich FIALA 3:1 (-10,7,9,2). Doubles: Lumir RUZHA/Ernst JUNKER CZE/GER – Oldrich FIALA/Rudolf CHROUST CZE 3:1 (8,-13,6,6)
Women’s 85 – Singles: Eliska KREJKOVA CZE – Laimdota JORDANE LAT 4:0. Doubles: Laimdota JORDANE/Eliska KREJKOVA LAT/CZE – Ursula BIHL/Inge-Brigitte HERRMANN GER 3:0 (5,2,7)
All medallists at a glance
Men’s 40
Singles – Gold: Mukhamed KUSHKHOV RUS, Silver: Dmitrij MAZUNOV RUS, Bronze: Martin OLEJNIK CZE, Thierry MILLER SUI
Doubles – Gold: Georg BÖHM/Andreas FEJER-KONNERT GER, Silver: Colum SLEVIN/Lorestas TRUMPAUSKAS IRL/ENG, Bronze: Karl STUMPFECKER/Andrzej TRUSZCZYNSKI GER, Mulid KUSHOV/Mukhamed KUSHKOV RUS
Women’s 40
Singles – Gold: Elena LAMONOS GER, Silver: Alessia ARISI ITA, Bronze: Olga NEMES GER, Bettina MARTIN GER
Doubles – Gold: Elena CHUNIKHINA/Larisa LAVRUKHINA RUS, Silver: Ina JOZEPSONE/Elena LAMONOS LAT/GER, Bronze: Lena JOHNSSON/Eva LINDH SWE, Eva DUFKOVA/Jana FOJTIKOVA CZE
Men’s 50
Singles – Gold: Mikael APPELGREN SWE, Silver: DING Yi AUT, Bronze: Zsolt-Georg BÖHM GER, Manfred NIESWAND GER
Doubles: Gold: Lutz MOCKER/Uwe CHRISTLIEB GER, Silver: Dirk KOSS/Alexander MICHAJLOV GER, Bronze: Erik KIRSTEN/Holm KIRSTEN GER, DING Yi/Alexey RODIN AUT/RUS
Women’s 50
Singles – Gold: Jing TIAN-ZÖRNER GER, Silver: Vera BAZZI SUI, Bronze: Maria GAFTEA ROU, KRETSCHMER GER
Doubles – Gold: Maria GAFTEA/Maria POPA ROU, Silver: Marion KLUSSMANN/Jutta von DIECKEN GER, Bronze: Vera BAZZI/Jing Tian-ZÖRNER SUI/GER, Heike WAHLERS/Angela WALTER GER
Men’s 60
Singles – Gold: Stanislaw FRACZYK AUT, Silver: Rein LINDMÄE EST, Bronze: YUAN Yao Chang BEL, Feliks KAPLAN RUS
Doubles – Gold: Reinhard SORGER/Stanislaw FRACZYK AUT, Silver: Gerd WERNER/Dieter JÜRGENS GER, Bronze: Heinz-Peter LOUIS/Rainer KNAPPEK GER, Nigel CKERSLEY/Petr POLAK CZE
Women’s 60
Singles – Gold: Larisa ANDREEVA RUS, Silver: Larisa ILINSKAYA RUS, Bronze: Sandra RIDER ENG, Teresa DEVANEY IRL
Doubles – Gold: Christa GEIST/Sabine SIEWERT-RATH GER, Silver: Larisa ANDREEVA/Galina ZVEREVA RUS, Bronze: Larisa ILINSKAYA/Sandra RIDER RUS/ENG, Linda SIMPSON/Margaret WELSMAN ENG
Men’s 65
Singles – Gold: Claus PEDERSEN DEN, Silver: Milos MATEJICEK CZE, Bronze: Wilfried LIECK GER, Nosrat SAFAI SWE
Doubles – Gold: Claus PEDERSEN/Niels RAMBERG DEN, Silver: Gennady GMYRA/Vladimir STOLNIKOV RUS, Bronze: Wilfried LIECK/Jürgen REULAND GER, Nosrat SAFAI/MING Pan SWE
Women’s 65
Singles – Gold: Mare KABRITS EST, Silver: Jutta TRAPP GER, Bronze: Christine LÜBBE GER, Karin RAUSCHER GER
Doubles – Gold: Marianne KERWAT/Ursula KRÜGER GER, Silver: Jutta BARON/Gudrun ENGEL GER, Bronze: Christel LOCHER/Elke RICHTER GER, Hana BARTOSOVA/Margrit TRUPKOVIC CZE/GER
Men’s 70
Singles – Gold: Uwe WIENPRECHT GER, Silver: Siegfried LEMKE GER, Bronze: Jiri PISCHEL CZE, Dimitrije BILIC GER
Doubles – Gold: Ernst BISON/Dr. Bernd WITTHAUS GER, Silver: Roy NORTON/Emanuele RAME ENG/ITA, Bronze: Manfred BROCKER/Horst REINHART GER, Jan-Erik FRANZEN/Carl-Olof JAGEBRO SWE
Women’s 70
Singles – Gold: Jutta BARON GER, Silver: Doris DIEKMANN GER, Bronze: Margaret DIGNUM ENG, Sally BAX ENG
Doubles – Gold: Ellen HAAK/Edit WETZEL GER, Silver: Christa GEBHARDT/Heidi WUNNER GER, Bronze: Ingrid LIESKE/Karin NIEMEYER GER, Ruth SCHNEIDER/Margret TEPPER GER
Men’s 75
Singles – Gold: Dieter LIPPELT GER, Silver: Josef RAKOSNIK CZE, Bronze: Per MAGNUSSON SWE, Rudolf LAUPICHLER GER
Doubles – Gold: Adolf PROPFE/Karl-Heinz FALKE GER, Silver: Helmut NÄTER/Rudi FRITZINGER GER, Bronze: Konrad STEINKÄMPER/Peter STOLZENBURG GER, Klaus KRÜGER/Richard LUBER GER
Women’s 75
Singles – Gold: Marianne BLASBERG GER, Silver: Sigrid MATTHIAS GER, Bronze: Nicole PILLIERE FRA, Betty Bird ENG
Doubles – Gold: Betty BIRD/Nicole PILLIERE ENG/FRA, Silver: Margret HEGER/Regina ISERN GER, Bronze: Marianne BLASBERG/Pam BUTCHER GER/ENG, Anneliese BISCHOFF/Sigrid MATTHIAS GER
Men’s 80
Singles – Gold: Rolf GROSS GER, Silver: Fred LOOKWOOD ENG, Bronze: Uno HEDIN SWE, Erich BUCHNER GER
Doubles – Gold: Geofrey BAX/Fred LOOKWOOD ENG, Silver: Erich BUCHNER/Dr. Hans-Jürgen SCHAEF GER, Bronze: Mervyn WOOD/Geoff BROOK ENG, Anthony ECONOMELLIS/Anthony HERBERT GRE/ENG
Women’s 80
Singles – Gold: Anneliese BISCHOFF GER, Silver: Nicole BRENGARD FRA, Bronze: Inge BAUER GER, Pam BUTCHER ENG
Doubles – Gold: Ursel POPLAWSKI/Inge BAUER GER, Silver: Kaija KOSONEN/Gisela LANGEN FIN/GER, Bronze: Edith Santifaller-HUBER/Martha WILLKE ITA/GER, Margit MIERSCH/Hildegard PAHNKE GER
Men’s 85
Singles – Gold: Lumir RUZHA CZE, Silver: Oldrich FIALA CZE, Bronze: Ernst JUNKER GER, Nicolas Leon NEETENS BEL
Doubles – Gold: Lumir RUZHA/Ernst JUNKER CZE/GER, Silver: Oldrich FIALA/Rudolf CHROUST CZE, Bronze: Michel HOVELAQUE/Gerhard APITZSCH FRA/GER, Nicolas NEETENS/Jozef BROECKAERTS BEL
Women’s 85
Singles – Gold: Eliska KREJKOVA CZE, Silver: Laimdota JORDANE LAT, Bronze: Ursula BIHL GER
Doubles: Gold: Laimdota JORDANE/Eliska KREJKOVA LAT/CZE, Silver: Ursula BIHL/Inge-Brigitte HERRMANN GER, Bronze: –
