Grubba was born in Brzeźno Wielkie near Starogard Gdański. He was the recipient of numerous medals for the world competition in table tennis as well as for the European competition.
He was one of the best players in this field of sport in Polish history, together with Alojzy Ehrlich. Three times he was awarded bronze medals during the World Competition - in 1989 for single play, in 1985 for team tournament, in 1987 for double play with Leszek Kucharski. Three times Grubba took part in the Olympic Games. In 1988 he won World Cup, in 1985 and 1989 he had 2nd place and in 1987 he was 3rd, in singles. In doubles Cup, with Leszek Kucharski had 3rd place. One of the things Grubba was best known for was his ability to change playing hands mid-rally. He also won two English Open titles.
Grubba was ranked world No. 3 successively for more than two and a half years from mid-1989 to the end of 1991.[1]
andrzej, grubba, andrzej, stanisław, grubba, 1958, july, 2005, polish, table, tennis, player, personal, informationfull, namenationality, polandborn, 1958, 1958brzeźno, wielkie, polanddied21, july, 2005, 2005, aged, sopot, polandhighest, ranking3, 1989, 1991, . Andrzej Stanislaw Grubba 14 May 1958 21 July 2005 was a Polish table tennis player Andrzej GrubbaPersonal informationFull nameAndrzej GrubbaNationality PolandBorn 1958 05 14 14 May 1958Brzezno Wielkie PolandDied21 July 2005 2005 07 21 aged 47 Sopot PolandHighest ranking3 Jun 1989 19 Dec 1991 Medal record Men s table tennisRepresenting PolandEvent 1st 2nd 3rdOlympic Games 0 0 0World Championships 0 0 3World Cup 1 2 2European Championships 1 4 6Total 2 8 11World Championships1985 Gothenburg team1987 New Delhi doubles1989 Dortmund singlesWorld Cup1988 Guangzhou singles1985 Foshan singles1989 Nairobi singles1987 Macao singles1990 Seoul doublesEuropean Championships1982 Budapest mixed doubles1984 Moscow singles1984 Moscow team1988 Paris mixed doubles1990 Gothenburg singles1996 Bratislava doubles1984 Moscow mixed doubles1986 Prague singles1986 Prague team1988 Paris doubles1992 Stuttgart singles1996 Bratislava team Contents 1 Profile 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksProfile EditGrubba was born in Brzezno Wielkie near Starogard Gdanski He was the recipient of numerous medals for the world competition in table tennis as well as for the European competition He was one of the best players in this field of sport in Polish history together with Alojzy Ehrlich Three times he was awarded bronze medals during the World Competition in 1989 for single play in 1985 for team tournament in 1987 for double play with Leszek Kucharski Three times Grubba took part in the Olympic Games In 1988 he won World Cup in 1985 and 1989 he had 2nd place and in 1987 he was 3rd in singles In doubles Cup with Leszek Kucharski had 3rd place One of the things Grubba was best known for was his ability to change playing hands mid rally He also won two English Open titles Grubba was ranked world No 3 successively for more than two and a half years from mid 1989 to the end of 1991 1 See also EditList of table tennis players List of World Table Tennis Championships medalistsReferences Edit Andre Damman History of ITTF Rankings 1987 2000 PDF ittf com Retrieved 21 December 2021 External links EditITTF StatsAwardsPreceded by Zdzislaw Hoffmann Polish Sportspersonality of the Year1984 Succeeded by Lech Piasecki Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Andrzej Grubba amp oldid 1083808128, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
