Patrick Franziska

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Patrick Franziska

Patrick Franziska (born 11 June 1992) is a German table tennis player.[2][4] He is currently sponsored by Butterfly and plays with FC Saarbrücken-TT in the German Bundesliga (TTBL).[5][2]

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Patrick Franziska
Personal information
Born (1992-06-11) 11 June 1992 (age 32)
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 ranking8 (7 January 2025)[3]
Current ranking8 (7 January 2025)
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
2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
2014 TokyoTeam
2018 HalmstadTeam
2019 BudapestMixed doubles
2023 Durban Doubles
European Games
2019 MinskTeam
2019 MinskMixed doubles
2023 Kraków–MałopolskaTeam
European Championships
2013 SchwechatTeam
2016 BudapestDoubles
2017 Luxembourg CityTeam
2019 NantesTeam
2021 Cluj-NapocaTeam
2014 LisbonTeam
2015 YekaterinburgTeam
2018 AlicanteSingles
2018 AlicanteDoubles
2018 AlicanteMixed doubles
2024 LinzMixed doubles
Europe Top-16
2021 ThessalonikiSingles
2022 MontreuxSingles
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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.[6]

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.[7]

Singles titles

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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]
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