Gottfried Bär

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameGottfried•Bär
Used nameGottfried•Bär
Nick/petnamesGotti
Born11 April 1952 in Hallein, Salzburg (AUT)
Measurements186 cm / 83 kg
NOC Austria

Biography

Austrian table tennis player Gottfried Bär partnered Ding Yi at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics. The pair was eliminated in the group stage and failed to reach the quarter-finals. Bär participated at five World and four European Championships without any significant results.

Domestically, Bär played with TTC Raiffeisen Kuchl and won the Austrian national team title in 1975-76, and 1981. He later played with Waldegg Linz, Stockerau, and Polizei Wien (Vienna). In 1983 Bär won the federal ranking tournament.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1988 Summer Olympics Table Tennis AUT Gottfried Bär
Doubles, Men (Olympic) Ding Yi =17