22.09.2015
24 WSA-players from 15 nations – Schwechat sends the biggest team to the European Championships in Russia…
The international training- group of the Werner Schlager Academy is present at the table tennis European Championships in Russian Jekaterinburg from 25th September to the 4th of October with a bombastic contingent.
Not less than 24 players from 15 different countries who permanently or to a predominant part live in Schwechat, will compete in the continental title-matches.
Some of the “Schwechater” travel to Russia with large (medal-) aspirations.
All in front the Portuguese World-Ranking 9th Marcos Freitas who will be seeded as number 2 in the singles event and on top has to defend the gold medal in the teams event from last year (together with another Schwechater: Joao Monteiro).
Chances for a medal are also good for the Austrian Men, the WSA-player Tetyana Bilenko (from WSA partner club SVNÖ Ströck) and Daniela Dodean-Monteiro who lives in Schwechat since 5 years already and together with her Romanian team is counted to the favorites.
The WSA contingent in Jekaterinburg:
Men:
Portugal: Marcos Freitas, Joao Monteiro
Austria: Chen Weixing, Robert Gardos, Daniel Habesohn, Dominik HAbesohn, Stefan Fegerl
Italy: Mihai Bbocica, Niagol Stoyanov
Czech Republic: Tomas Konecny, Lubomir Jancarik
Bulgaria: Stanislay Golovanov
Luxembourg: Eric Glod
England: Daniel Reed
Women:
Austria: Li Qianbiing
Croatia: Lea Rakovac (SVNÖ Ströck)
Ukraine: Tetyana Bilenko (SVNÖ Ströck)
Sweden: Matilda Ekholm (SVNÖ Ströck)
Slovenia: Alex Galic
Israel: Nicole Trosman
Swizerland : Rahel Aschwanden
Serbia : Andrea Todorovic
Luxembourg: Sarah de Nutte
Romania: Daniela Dodean-Monteiro
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