Heinz Schneider (October 12, 1932 – August 20, 2007) was a male East German international table tennis player.[1]

Heinz Schneider
Personal information
Nationality Germany
Born(1932-10-12)12 October 1932
Mulhouse
Died20 August 2007(2007-08-20) (aged 74)
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1957 Men's Singles

He won a bronze medal at the 1957 World Table Tennis Championships in the men's singles.[2][3]

Between 1950 and 1961 Schneider won six East German Championships in singles and six times in doubles. He was the first German to win a medal in table tennis after the Second World War. He played 26 international matches for Germany and more than 100 international matches for the East German team.

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "Men's Singles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.