Patrick Franziska

Patrick Franziska
Personal information
Born (1992-06-11) 11 June 1992 (age 32)
Bensheim, Germany[1]
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Weight88 kg (194 lb)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed, shakehand grip
Equipment(s)Butterfly Franziska Innerforce ZLC blade; Butterfly Tenergy 05 (Red, FH); Butterfly Dignics 05 (Black, BH)
Highest ranking9 (14 May 2024)[3]
Current ranking10 (29 October 2024)[4]
ClubFC Saarbrücken-TT (Bundesliga)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Germany
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships 0 2 2
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Halmstad Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Durban Doubles
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Schwechat Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Budapest Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Luxembourg City Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Nantes Team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cluj-Napoca Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Lisbon Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Yekaterinburg Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Alicante Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Alicante Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Alicante Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Linz Mixed doubles
Europe Top-16
Gold medal – first place 2021 Thessaloniki Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Montreux Singles

Patrick Franziska (born 11 June 1992) is a German table tennis player.[2][5] He is currently sponsored by Butterfly and plays with FC Saarbrücken-TT in the German Bundesliga (TTBL).[6][2]

Career

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2010

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In 2010, Franziska won the junior boys singles gold medal at the European Youth Championships. He also won the Europe Youth TOP 10 in Slovakia. In December, he won bronze medals in men's doubles and men's team at the 2010 World Junior Table Tennis Championships. In this year, he joined the German National Team to win the men's team gold medal at the 2010 European Table Tennis Championships.

2021

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Patrick Franziska represented Germany at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, where he won the silver medal with the men's team. In March, he entered the WTT Star Contender event at WTT Doha, but lost 11–9 in the fifth to Sharath Kamal.[7]

2022

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Franziska won bronze at the Europe Top 16 Cup. He finished second at the WTT Contender Tunis 2022, losing against Anton Kallberg in the men's single's finals.

2023

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He won a bronze medal together with Dimitrij Ovtcharov in men's doubles at the ITTF World Table Tennis Championship in Durban. At the European Games 2023, he won the men's team gold medal, together with Timo Boll, Dang Qiu and Dimitrij Ovtcharov, repeating their success of 2019 and again winning against Sweden in the finals.

2024

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Franziska reached second place in the first-ever Saudi Smash tournament, losing only to Wang Chuqin, ranked no. 1 in the world. In the process he beat Fan Zhendong, then ranked 2.[8]

Singles titles

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Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2021 Europe Top-16 Portugal Marcos Freitas 4–1 [9]
2022 WTT Feeder Düsseldorf II Romania Ovidiu Ionescu 4–0 [10]

References

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  1. ^ "Patrick Franziska". olympedia.org. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Patrick Franziska". ttbl.de (in German). Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Men's Singles 2022 Week #30". ittf.com. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  4. ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  5. ^ "TTBL: Patrick Franziska unterschreibt in Düsseldorf". tt-news.de (in German). 5 February 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Patrick Franziska". butterflyonline.com. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Top 6 Storylines Following Round of 32 At WTT Star Contender". edgesandnets.com. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Saudi Smash Results, Men's Singles". 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Nina MITTELHAM and Patrick FRANZISKA clinched the titles at the POMEGRANATE Europe Top 16 Cup". ettu.org. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  10. ^ "WTT Feeder Düsseldorf II". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
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