Patrick Franziska

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]

Patrick Franziska
Personal information
Born (1992-06-11) 11 June 1992
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 ranking11 (26 July 2022)[3]
Current ranking26 (22 August 2023)[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 place2014 TokyoTeam
Silver medal – second place2018 HalmstadTeam
Bronze medal – third place2019 BudapestMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2023 Durban Doubles
European Games
Gold medal – first place2019 MinskTeam
Gold medal – first place2019 MinskMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaTeam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 SchwechatTeam
Gold medal – first place2016 BudapestDoubles
Gold medal – first place2017 Luxembourg CityTeam
Gold medal – first place2019 NantesTeam
Gold medal – first place2021 Cluj-NapocaTeam
Silver medal – second place2014 LisbonTeam
Silver medal – second place2015 YekaterinburgTeam
Bronze medal – third place2018 AlicanteSingles
Bronze medal – third place2018 AlicanteDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2018 AlicanteMixed doubles
Europe Top-16
Gold medal – first place2021 ThessalonikiSingles
Bronze medal – third place2022 MontreuxSingles

Career

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 mens 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.

Singles titles
Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2021 Europe Top-16 Portugal Marcos Freitas 4–1 [8]
2022 WTT Feeder Düsseldorf II Romania Ovidiu Ionescu 4–0 [9]

References
  1. "Patrick Franziska". olympedia.org. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. "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 25 June 2023.
  5. "TTBL: Patrick Franziska unterschreibt in Düsseldorf". tt-news.de (in German). 5 February 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  6. "Patrick Franziska". butterflyonline.com. 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. "Nina MITTELHAM and Patrick FRANZISKA clinched the titles at the POMEGRANATE Europe Top 16 Cup". ettu.org. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  9. "WTT Feeder Düsseldorf II". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
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