Michael Maze
Michael Maze ( born September 1, 1981 in Faxe / Denmark ) is a Danish table tennis player. He played eight years in the table tennis Bundesliga for the German record champions Borussia Dusseldorf.
Career
Maze grew up with three siblings. His father played football in the second Danish league. So Maze began with the football. At age six, he met table tennis, the age of thirteen, he focused entirely on table tennis. He was supported by the Danish national team coach Peter Sartz. Even as a 16- year-old he was obliged Borussia Dusseldorf.
Game system
Maze is left-handed and shakehand attack player whose specialty is the impact forehand topspin. In addition, he is considered one of the best balloon defender. He is the manufacturer Butterfly under contract and playing with the custom built for him on the "Butterfly Boll Spirit" wood -based "Butterfly Maze Off." Then he plays Bryce Speed on the forehand (red, 2.1 mm ) and on the backhand Bryce Speed ( black 2.1 mm )
Previous clubs
Maze started his career at Kvik Naestved in Denmark, where he was active until 1998. He then moved to Germany to Borussia Dusseldorf, where he played for eight years. In 2006 he went to Levallois SC TT to France, from where he again moved back to Denmark, Roskilde BTK 2008. Since 2009 Maze is forced by knee and hip problems to long breaks.
Sporting successes
Mazes greatest successes were a third place in the doubles (with Finn Tugwell ) at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 and a third place at the World Table Tennis Championships 2005 in the individual competition. In European Championships he managed a third place in the individual 2007 and even winning the title with the team two years ago. The Europe Top 12, he won a third place after 2003 2004. Maze won the individual competition at the Danish Open in 2004 and was in a double second. In the individual he had already used in this tournament two years ago in third place, who was succeeded in the same year at the Brazilian Open in singles and in doubles. As early as 1999 had Maze can win the title of European Junior Champion in singles and in doubles.
2005 Maze was athlete of the year in Denmark.
At the European Championships 2009 in Stuttgart, Michael Maze won the title after the semi-final the title defender Timo Boll 4-3 in the final of the World Champion from 2003, Werner Schlager of Austria, had a 4-1 victory. 2011 celebrated Michael Maze after a long injury lay-off a comeback in the European Super Cup in Russia. He won the final against Dimitrij Ovtcharov 4-3 and thus secured $ 50,000 in prize money.
2012 penetrated Maze at the Olympic Games in London to the quarter-finals, had to be there but the later bronze medalist Dimitrij Ovtcharov 3:4 beaten.
Poker
Due to his injury-related table tennis breaks Michael Maze devoted to poker, where he reached 7th place in 2010 at the Danish Championship.
Results from the ITTF database