Anita Felguth

Anita Felguth born thinker ( born May 13, 1909 in Altona, † 21 June 2003 in Berlin ) was a German table tennis national team. She participated in five World Cups.

National success

With the German national championships Felguth usually stood in the shadow of players Hilde Bussmann and Astrid Krebsbach. Therefore, she reached in individual 1933, 1934, 1936 and 1940, "only" the third place. In 1935, she was defeated in the final Astrid Krebsbach, 1940, she was in a double with Hilde Bussmann second behind the naturalized Austrians Otti Graszl / Trude Pritzi.

The Gaumeisterschaften she won the 1933 with the team of Berlin and from 1934 to 1936 three times in a row with Brandenburg. In the German ranking in 1935 she won second place.

In 1959 she played in red and white Hamburg, later at SC Charlottenburg.

International success

The end of 1931 won thinkers an international tournament in Paris in singles and mixed with the Hungarian Miklos Szabados. In 1933 she took at the International German Championships in third place, two years later, she came along with Astrid Krebsbach in double the final.

From 1932 to 1936 she was nominated for all five World Cups, 1932 and 1933 but only for the individual competitions. Her biggest success was the World Cup team gold medal in 1934 and in the same World Cup runner-up in the doubles with Astrid Krebsbach behind the Hungarians Maria Mednyanszky / Anna Sipos. In individual they came in 1932 and 1935, the last sixteen. In doubles, she reached the semi-finals three times, namely in 1932 with Magda Gál, 1933 Anne Marie Schulz and 1935 with Astrid Krebsbach. With the German team in 1936, she came in second and 1935 to third place. 1933, they still reached the quarterfinals in mixed with Heinz Nickelsburg.

Overall Felguth denied 1933-1936 15 internationals.

Overview of results at the World Championships

Private

Anita thinkers (birth name) was married on May 13, 1932 Arthur Felguth, the first children 's books publisher ( Felguth -Verlag) West Berlin founded in the postwar period in 1946. Since then, Anita Felguth lived in Berlin. The marriage produced two daughters and one son. Before her marriage she played under her maiden name Anita thinkers.

Origin of the name

The name probably derives from Felguth from field and guth, which means good fields. He is due to our rural ancestors of Arthur Felguth.