Steffen Fetzner is a male former

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player from

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. From 1989 to 2000 he won several medals in doubles, and team events in the

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, in the

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, and in the

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. He also won a silver medal in the

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at Barcelona 1992.

Career

Fetzner represented Germany a total of 206 times during his playing career. He took part in three Olympic Games and seven World and European Championships. After retirement, he took up a

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role at

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in May 2007.

References

1968 births Living people Olympic medalists in table tennis German male table tennis players German table tennis coaches Sportspeople from Karlsruhe Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic table tennis players for Germany Olympic table tennis players for West Germany Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-tabletennis-bio-stub