Kristin Silbereisen

Kristin Silbereisen (born March 14, 1985) is a German table tennis player who currently plays for TTC Berlin Eastside.

Kristin Silbereisen
Personal information
Full name	Kristin Silbereisen
Nickname(s)	Maomao
Nationality	German
Residence	Düsseldorf, Germany
Born	(1985-03-14) March 14, 1985 (age 40) Konstanz, West Germany
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st)
Table tennis career
Playing style	Shakehand
Equipment(s)	Tibhar
Highest ranking	30 (December 2010)[1]
Club	TTC Berlin Eastside
Medal record Women's table tennis Representing  Germany World Table Tennis Championships 2010 Moscow Team European Table Tennis Championships 2013 Schwechat Team 2007 Belgrade Team 2009 Stuttgart Doubles 2012 Herning Team

Career

Silbereisen began playing table tennis at the age of seven and started competing for DJK Ochtendung. As a Cadet and Junior, she won Team Gold at the European Youth Championships three times.

She made her debut for the senior team on October 12, 2004, against Italy. Since then, she has achieved several significant accomplishments including:

• Bronze medal at the 2009 European Championships in the Doubles competition, partnering with Zhengqi Barthel.
• Bronze medal at the 2010 World Table Tennis Championships with the German team
• Team Bronze Medal at the 2007 European Championships.

Silbereisen won the German National Championships in Mixed doubles in 2005, partnering Christian Süss, and became the German Singles Champion in 2010.

In May 2011, she qualified directly for the London 2012 Olympic Games via her ITTF world ranking.^[2]

Clubs

• SV Winterwerb: until 2002
• TuS Bad Driburg: 2002–2003
• Homberger TS: 2003–2005
• TV Busenbach: 2005–2010
• FSV Kroppach: 2010–2013^[3]
• TTC Berlin Eastside: 2013–

Career record

World Championships

• 3rd place Women's Team: Moscow 2010

European Championships

• 3rd place Women's Team: Belgrade 2007
• 3rd place Women's Doubles: Stuttgart 2009

German Championships

• Winner Women's Singles: 2010
• Winner Women's Doubles: 2009 (with Zhengqi Barthel)
• Winner Mixed: 2005 (with Christian Süss)
• Runner-Up Women's Doubles: 2006 (with Elke Schall), 2007 (Irene Ivancan)
• Winner Mixed: 2005 (with Christian Süss)
• Runner-Up Mixed: 2003 (with Oliver Alke)

Pro Tour

• Quarterfinals Marocco Open 2011
• Quarterfinals Slovenian Open 2010
• Quarterfinals Austrian Open 2010
• 3rd place Women's Team German Open 2008
• 3rd place Brazilian Open 2005
• 2nd place Danish Open 2004
• Grand Finals participant 2004^[4]