Werner Schlager

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Werner Schlager
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Personal information
Full name Werner Schlager
Nationality  Austria
Born (1972-09-28) September 28, 1972 (age 51)[1]
Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Playing style Shake hands grip
Highest ranking 1 (June 2003)[2]
Club SVS Niederösterreich
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Weight 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)

Werner Schlager (born September 28, 1972 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria) is a former world champion table tennis player from Austria.[1]

Career

Schlager began playing table tennis when he was six years old, learning from his father and brother who were also top Austrian players, making them ideal training partners. After placing top in numerous singles and doubles tournaments, he won the 2003 Singles World Championship held in Paris beating South Korean Joo Se-Hyuk in the finals to clinch the top spot.[3]

He is therefore the first Austrian since Richard Bergmann in 1937 to win the World Championship Singles.[4] That year, he was voted Austrian Sportsman of the Year and selected in China as "The most popular foreign sportsman".

In 2009, Schlager founded the Werner Schlager Academy in Schwechat close to Vienna, a training centre which is also home to clubs SVS Niederösterreich and SVS Ströck.[5]

Tournament history and credentials

Singles (as of August 25, 2010)[6]

  • Olympics: QF (2000).[7]
  • World Championships: winner (2003); SF (1999).
  • World Cup appearances: 10. Record: runner-up (1999).
  • Pro Tour winner (×4): 1996 Austrian Open; 2002 Brazil, Korea Open; 2004 Croatian Open.
    Runner-up (×7): 1999 Croatian Open; 2000 Danish Open; 2001 German Open; 2002 Polish Open; 2004 Egypt, Brazil Open; 2005 Croatian Open.
  • Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 11. Record: SF (1999).
  • European Championships: runner-up (2009); SF (2002, 08).
  • Europe Top-12: 1st (2000, 08); 2nd (2004, 06); 3rd (2003).

Men's Doubles

  • Olympics: QF (2000).
  • World Championships: QF (1997, 99, 2003).
  • Pro Tour winner (×11): 1996 English, USA, Australia Open; 1997 Polish Open; 1998 Croatian Open; 1999 Australia, Czech Open; 2000 Danish Open; 2001 Brazil Open; 2002 Brazil Open; 2005 Russian Open; 2006 German Open.
    Runner-up (×7): 1997 Australia Open; 1999 Brazil Open; 2000 Polish Open; 2003 Qatar, German Open; 2004 Croatian, Egypt Open.
  • Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 10. Record: SF (1999).
  • European Championships: winner (2005); runner-up (2008); SF (1998, 2000, 03, 07).

Mixed Doubles

  • World Championships: QF (2005).
  • European Championships: winner (2003); SF (2002, 05).

Team

  • Olympics: 4th (2008).
  • World Championships: 5th (2001).
  • World Team Cup: 3rd (2007).
  • European Championships: 2nd (2005).

Honours and awards

References

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Awards
Preceded by Austrian Sportsman of the year
2003		 Succeeded by
Markus Rogan
Sporting positions
Preceded by World Table Tennis Champion
2003		 Succeeded by
China Wang Liqin

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