Carl Prean
Carl Prean ( born August 20, 1967 in Ryde (Isle of Wight ) ) is an English table tennis players. He has played for years in the table tennis league competition ( inter alia, for border adjustment, Jülich and Saarbrücken) and in the Olympic Games in Seoul, Barcelona and Atlanta. Since the 2006/2007 season he plays for German regional league Post Sports Club Wuppertal, with whom he is risen from the league.
Young people
With 8 years Carl Prean table tennis started playing, he was encouraged by his father. As a 13 -year-old he won the national championship of students and young people. In 1981 he won with Billy Gleave the Team Championship of the students, in 1982 he brought in Hollabrunn in a single title.
In 1983 he finished second in the English Ranking 1 In the same year he won the European Youth Championships in doubles (with Nicky Mason). In 1985 he was European Junior Champion in singles and mixed ( with Csilla Bátorfi ).
Material and style of play
Even as a youth played Prean an " offensive material game". He uses a combination racket with long pimples and a 2.5 mm attacking rubber. He countered or a spectacular block on both sides close to the table with both Langnoppe as well as Backside, played only in exceptional situations backspin defense and dominated the rotary technology perfectly. As he was concerned, the two colors are usually far fewer, but he could the enormous " Frischklebetopspin " nothing to counter. He plays with Juic Leggy 1.5 mm, one constructed for him special wood and Driva Smash 2.5 mm.
Adult
At the World Championships in 1983, he had a score of 15:4 substantial proportion of the bronze medal of the English team. In 1988, he was with the English team vice European champion, with Prean beat in the final Jan- Ove Waldner. Prean was with 1989 and 1991, Saarbrücken with BTA German masters. He is currently playing ( season 2007/2008) on board 1 for the Post SV Wuppertal in the Regionalliga. Prean takes only irregularly part in the game operation, but very successful. He is a three time English champion in men's singles.
Previous clubs
- TTC Jülich (1st Bundesliga)
- TTC Altena (2nd Bundesliga)
- TTC Green White Bad Hamm (2nd Bundesliga 1985 - 1987)
- ATSV Saarbrücken (1st Bundesliga) ( 1987-1989)
- TTC BTA (1st Bundesliga) (1989 - 1991)
- ATSV Saarbrücken (1st Bundesliga) (1991-1992)
- Spvg Steinhagen (1992-1994)
- Post SV Mülheim Telekom (1994-1995)
- Burtelt Altena (1995-1996)
- TTC Jülich (1996-1998)
- SAG Cestas ( France) ( 1998-2000)
- TTG Weitmar - Munscheid (2000 -? )
- TTC Darlington (England)
- Post -Telecom Wuppertal (Oberliga / Regional ) (2006-2008)
- TTC Hagen (from 2008)
Tournaments
- EM: 1986, 1988, 1992, 1994
- World Cup: 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999
- Olympics: 1988, 1992, 1996
- Europe Top 12: 1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993
Achievements
- European Junior champion in singles in 1985 in The Hague
- 1st Commonwealth champion chip 1985 ( team)
- 1st Commonwealth champion chip 1995 ( Double)
- 2nd place 1988 European Championship ( team)
- 2nd place European Championship 1992 ( team)
- ITTF Pro Tour tournament winner (Rio de Janeiro, 1996)
- National English Cup: 1991 Winner Single 1993 playoff victory against Desmond Douglas, 1995 playoff victory against Chen Xinhua
Private
Preans mother grew up in Aachen, his father John Prean in Austria; He was from 1987 to 1991 Chairman of the English Table Tennis Association ETTA. In August 1985, Carl Prean received German citizenship, henceforth he possessed dual nationality. This entitled him to act internationally for England and play at the same time, despite the nationality clause from 1985 in a German club.
Results from the ITTF database