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- Roßkopf started playing table tennis at the DJK Münster at the age of six. In 1984, the only fifteen-year-old made his debut in his first international match. Because of sport, he stopped his school education and trained at the age of 16 in the Federal Training Center of the German Table Tennis Association (DTTB). He celebrated his first international successes in doubles matches with his partner Steffen Fetzner. Together they won the title of European Youth Champion. They took third place at the European Championships in Prague. From 1987 Jörg Roßkopf played for Borussia Düsseldorf. During this phase he underwent an amazing sporting development.
Roßkopf became one of the best table tennis players in Germany and Europe. In 1988 he became German champion for the first time. He repeated this success not only the following year, but in a row until 1993. Then he became Germany's best player again in 1996 and again the following year. Jörg Roßkopf celebrated his first major international success in 1990 when he took part in the European Championships and came third. Two years later the time had come: he was able to take the crown as Europe's best individual player. In the same year he ranked first in the table of the best European players. His continued improvement in form ultimately made him one of the best players in the world. In the year of his European Championship triumph, he took part in the 1992 Table Tennis World Championships and reached number two in the world.
Roßkopf celebrated the greatest successes of his career to date this year. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Roßkopf won the bronze medal in the individual game. He also took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and took fifth place in the individual event. In 1998 he took part in the World Cup in Shantou, China. It is the most valuable table tennis tournament in the world. With his victory, Roßkopf documented his top position in the ranking of the world's best players. His career in doubles was similarly successful. In 1989 he took part in the World Championships with his partner Steffen Fetzner and together they won the gold title. The following year they went to the European Championships in Sweden and won runner-up. In the same year they took part in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
They did well there too and came home as Olympic runners-up. At the European Championships in 1994, the successful table tennis pair won the bronze medal. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney he was unlucky and was eliminated early together with Timo Boll in the men's doubles matches. The duo also performed successfully in 1996. In the same year, the well-rehearsed doubles team took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and finished fourth. Afterwards they both went their separate ways in table tennis. From this point on, Jörg Roßkopf played the double games with his comrade from the Düsseldorf club Wladimir Samsonov. In 1998 they competed at the European Championships and won the men's doubles title. Jörg Roßkopf also achieved numerous national and international successes in the team competitions.
With his club Borussia Düsseldorf he won the European Cup for the first time in 1989. He repeated this success in a row from 1991 to 1993. They won the European Cup again in 1997, 1998 and 2000. With the Düsseldorf team he was crowned cup winner four times in 1988, 1990, 1991 and 1994. In 1992 they reached the Supercup. Roßkopf held the national title of the German championship together with his club team in 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995 and 1996. Roßkopf's performance also brought the national team forward. With him he took part in the European Championships in 1990 and took second place. This was followed by two bronze medals in this comparison at European level. Roßkopf started the 1993 World Championships wearing the German jersey, where he finished third.
This successful placement was repeated in 1997. In 1999 Roßkopf achieved the European League title with the German team. In the final they faced the team from Poland, over which they dominated. At the European Championships in Bremen in 2000, Roßkopf and the German team won the silver medal. Jörg Roßkopf was then dogged by bad luck with injuries. So he couldn't train to his full extent. He canceled international competitions or stopped the games. At the Danish Open he lost his singles matches because he was not at the top of his game, and he dropped out of the doubles match due to pain. He finished the 2001 season in 11th place in the world rankings and was in 4th place in the European list. Due to a lack of training, he was unable to do so. He also did not take part in the European Championships in Zagreb in 2002. From 2000 to 2007 he moved to TTV Gönnern.
From 2007 he played for TTC Jülich. With the team he became European champions in 2007. He played (2009/2010) for TG Hanau in the DTTL. Roßkopf played his last professional game on April 11, 2010. Roßkopf then resigned as a table tennis player. In 2009 he was elected as the new national table tennis coach. Roßkopf took office on August 1, 2010. - Susanne Foitzik was born in 1970 in Dieburg, Hesse, Germany.
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