Jörg Roßkopf

Jörg Roßkopf (born May 22, 1969 in Dieburg, Hesse) is a former professional German table tennis player who is currently the head coach of the German Men's National Table Tennis Team.^[1][2][3][4] As a player, he won the title in Men's Doubles at the 1989 World Table Tennis Championships and the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, with Steffen Fetzner as his partner.^[5][6] In men's singles, he won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the gold medal at the Table Tennis World Cup in 1998. As a coach, he was awarded the ITTF Star Coach award in 2017.^[7]

Jörg Roßkopf
Jörg Roßkopf 2012
Personal information
Full name	Jorg Rosskopf
Nationality	Germany
Born	(1969-05-22) 22 May 1969 (age 56) Dieburg, Hessen, West Germany
Medal record Men's table tennis Representing  West Germany/Germany Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Doubles 1996 Atlanta Singles World Championships 1989 Dortmund Doubles 2004 Doha Men's Team 1993 Gothenburg Men's Team 2006 Bremen Men's Team World Cup 1998 Shantou Singles 1995 Nimes Singles 2001 Courmayeur Singles European Championships

Jan-Ove Waldner considered him to have the best backhand in the world, particularly against backspin.^[8]

He is one of seven table tennis players to have competed in the first five Olympics since the sport was introduced to the Games in 1988. The others are Swede Jörgen Persson, Croatian Zoran Primorac, Belgian Jean-Michel Saive, Hungarian Csilla Bátorfi, Serbian-American Ilija Lupulesku, and Swede Jan-Ove Waldner.

He is sponsored by JOOLA Table Tennis.

Outstanding career stages

ITTF World Tour 2017 German Open, Jorg Rosskopf as a coach of Ruwen Filus

• 1998 – European Champion doubles Eindhoven
• 1998 – Winner of the World Cup singles Shantou
• 1996 – 3rd singles Olympic Games Atlanta
• 1992 – European Champion singles Stuttgart
• 1992 – 2nd doubles Olympic Games Barcelona
• 1989 – World Champion doubles with Steffen Fetzner Dortmund

See also

• List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games