Ella Zeller

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Ella Zeller
Ella Zeller 1955.jpg
Ella Zeller at the 1955 World Championships
Personal information
Full nameElla Constantinescu-Zeller
Nationality Romania
Born26 November 1933 (1933-11-26) (age 88)[1]
Moldova Nouă, Romania[1]
Medal record
Table tennis
Representing  Romania
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Prague Singles
Silver medal – second place 1963 Prague Team
Bronze medal – third place 1957 Stockholm Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1957 Stockholm Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1957 Stockholm Team
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Tokyo Singles
Gold medal – first place 1956 Tokyo Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Tokyo Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 1956 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 1955 Utrecht Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1955 Utrecht Team
Gold medal – first place 1953 Bucharest Team
Silver medal – second place 1952 Bombay Team
Gold medal – first place 1951 Vienna Team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1964 Malmo Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1958 Budapest Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1958 Budapest Team

Ella Zeller (married name Ella Constantinescu; born 26 November 1933) is a retired Romanian table tennis player, coach and administrator. From 1952 to 1964 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.[2][3] In 1995 she was inducted to the ITTF Hall of Fame.

Zeller began training in table tennis in Timișoara and then moved to Bucharest. She graduated from an institute of physical education, and after retiring from competitions worked as a table tennis coach with the national team (1967–1989). She also took leading positions in the national and European tennis table federations and served as President of the National Commission for Women sport. In 1989 she moved to Germany where in 1990–1994 she worked for the German Table Tennis Federation.[1]

See also[]

  • List of table tennis players
  • List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

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