Jörg Roßkopf (born May 22, 1969 in Dieburg, Hesse) is a former professional German table tennis player who is currently the head coach of the German Men's National Table Tennis Team.[1][2][3][4] As a player, he won the title in Men's Doubles at the 1989 World Table Tennis Championships and the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, with Steffen Fetzner as his partner.[5][6] In men's singles, he won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the gold medal at the Table Tennis World Cup in 1998. As a coach, he was awarded the ITTF Star Coach award in 2017.[7]
German table tennis player and coach
Jörg Roßkopf
Jörg Roßkopf 2012
Personal information
Full name
Jorg Rosskopf
Nationality
Germany
Born
(1969-05-22) May 22, 1969 (age53) Dieburg, Hessen, West Germany
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing West Germany/Germany
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona
Doubles
1996 Atlanta
Singles
World Championships
1989 Dortmund
Doubles
2004 Doha
Men's Team
1993 Gothenburg
Men's Team
2006 Bremen
Men's Team
World Cup
1998 Shantou
Singles
1995 Nimes
Singles
2001 Courmayeur
Singles
European Championships
Jan-Ove Waldner considered him to have the best backhand in the world, particularly against backspin.[8]
He is one of seven table tennis players to have competed in the first five Olympics since the sport was introduced to the Games in 1988. The others are Swede Jörgen Persson, Croatian Zoran Primorac, Belgian Jean-Michel Saive, Hungarian Csilla Bátorfi, Serbian-American Ilija Lupulesku, and Swede Jan-Ove Waldner.
He is sponsored by JOOLA Table Tennis.
Outstanding career stages
ITTF World Tour 2017 German Open, Jorg Rosskopf as a coach of Ruwen Filus
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