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Patrick Franziska
German table tennis player
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]
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| Born | (1992-06-11) 11 June 1992 (age 31) Bensheim, Germany[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing style | Right-handed, shakehand grip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equipment(s) | Butterfly Franziska Innerforce ZLC blade; Butterfly Tenergy 05 (Red, FH); Butterfly Dignics 05 (Black, BH) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 9 (14 May 2024)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 9 (14 May 2024)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | FC Saarbrücken-TT (Bundesliga) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2010
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
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
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
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
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]
| Year | Tournament | Final opponent | Score | Ref |
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| 2021 | Europe Top-16 |  Marcos Freitas |
4–1 | [9] |
| 2022 | WTT Feeder Düsseldorf II |  Ovidiu Ionescu |
4–0 | [10] |
- "Patrick Franziska". olympedia.org. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- "Patrick Franziska". ttbl.de (in German). Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Men's Singles 2022 Week #30". ittf.com. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- "TTBL: Patrick Franziska unterschreibt in Düsseldorf". tt-news.de (in German). 5 February 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- "Patrick Franziska". butterflyonline.com. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- "Top 6 Storylines Following Round of 32 At WTT Star Contender". edgesandnets.com. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- "Saudi Smash Results, Men's Singles". 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- "Nina MITTELHAM and Patrick FRANZISKA clinched the titles at the POMEGRANATE Europe Top 16 Cup". ettu.org. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- "WTT Feeder Düsseldorf II". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- Patrick Franziska at World Table Tennis
- Patrick Franziska at Olympedia
- Patrick Franziska at Olympics.com
- Patrick Franziska at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
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