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| Full name | Steffen Fetzner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 August 1968 Karlsruhe, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Steffen Fetzner is a male former table tennis player from Germany. From 1989 to 2000 he won several medals in doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships, in the World Table Tennis Championships, and in the Table Tennis World Cup. He also won a silver medal in the Olympic Games at Barcelona 1992. [1] [2]
Fetzner represented Germany a total of 206 times during his playing career. [3] He took part in three Olympic Games [4] and seven World and European Championships.
After retirement, he took up a head coach role at Aspire Academy in May 2007. [5]
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