Patrick Franziska

Patrick Franziska
Patrick Franziska
	File:2023 DM Tischtennis - Patrick Franziska - by 2eight - 9SC1552.jpg
Personal information
Born	11 June 1992 (age 32); Bensheim, Germany
Playing style	Right-handed, shakehand grip
Equipment(s)	Butterfly Franziska Innerforce ZLC blade; Butterfly Tenergy 05 (Red, FH); Butterfly Dignics 05 (Black, BH)
Club	FC Saarbrücken-TT (Bundesliga)
Height	190 cm
Weight	88 kg
Men's table tennis
	Representing Germany
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Games
European Championships
Europe Top-16

Patrick Franziska (born 11 June 1992) is a German table tennis player.^[2]^[3] He is currently sponsored by Butterfly and plays with FC Saarbrücken-TT in the German Bundesliga (TTBL).^[4]^[2]

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.^[5]

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 men's 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.

2024

Franziska reached second place in the first-ever Saudi Smash tournament, losing only to Wang Chuqin, ranked no. 1 in the world. In the process he beat Fan Zhendong, then ranked 2.^[6]

Singles titles

Year	Tournament	Final opponent	Score	Ref
2021	Europe Top-16	Marcos Freitas	4–1	^[7]
2022	WTT Feeder Düsseldorf II	Ovidiu Ionescu	4–0	^[8]

References

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External links

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