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Diane Rowe

Diane Schöler (née Rowe; 14 April 1933 – 19 June 2023) was an English table tennis player. In 1966 she married German table tennis player Eberhard Schöler, and from that time on competed for West Germany.[1] From 1951 to 1972 she won several medals in single, double, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships, and in the World Table Tennis Championships.[2]

Diane Rowe
Rowe in 1962
Personal information
Full nameDiane Schöler-Rowe
NationalityEnglish, West German
Born14 April 1933 (1933-04-14)
Marylebone, London, England
Died19 June 2023 (2023-06-20) (aged 90)
Düsseldorf, Germany
Medal record
Table tennis
Representing  West Germany
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1971 Nagoya Mixed doubles
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1972 Rotterdam Team
Silver medal – second place 1970 Moscow Doubles
Representing  England
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1965 Ljubljana Team
Silver medal – second place 1963 Prague Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1959 Dortmund Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1957 Stockholm Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Tokyo Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1956 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 1955 Utrecht Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1955 Utrecht Team
Gold medal – first place 1954 Wembley Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Wembley Team
Bronze medal – third place 1953 Bucharest Singles
Silver medal – second place 1953 Bucharest Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1953 Bucharest Team
Silver medal – second place 1952 Bombay Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1952 Bombay Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Bombay Team
Gold medal – first place 1951 Vienna Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1951 Vienna Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1951 Vienna Team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1966 London Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1964 Malmo Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1964 Malmo Team
Silver medal – second place 1962 Berlin Singles
Gold medal – first place 1962 Berlin Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1962 Berlin Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 1962 Berlin Team
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Zagreb Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Zagreb Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1960 Zagreb Team
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Budapest Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1958 Budapest Team

Rowe started training in table tennis aged 14, under Viktor Barna. She was left-handed and until 1951 played a defensive style, but later put more accent on attacking. In early 1966, she married Eberhard Schöler and moved to Düsseldorf, where she gave birth to a daughter. She retired from competitions in 1973 and until 1997 worked as a table tennis coach. In 1993 she received the ITTF Merit Award,[3] and in 2001 the Dieter Mauritz Gedächtnispreis.[4]

Rowe also won 17 English Open titles.

Diane Rowe had a twin sister, Rosalind Rowe, who was also an international table tennis player. They often played doubles together.[5] In 1955 they published a book The twins on table tennis.[6] Their father was the amateur footballer Vivian Rowe, and their uncle was footballer Ronald Rowe.[7]

Rowe died of cancer in Düsseldorf on 19 June 2023, at the age of 90.[8][9][10]

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  1. ^ Zeitschrift DTS, 1966/20, pp. 6–7
  2. ^ SCHOLER-ROWE Diane (FRG). ittf.com
  3. ^ Zeitschrift DTS, 1993/6, p. 10
  4. ^ Zeitschrift DTS, 2001/7, p. 27
  5. ^ Happy birthday Diane and Rosalind, national heroines Archived 2014-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. ettu.org. 15 April 2013.
  6. ^ Diane Rowe and Rosalind Rowe (1955). 'The twins' on table tennis.
  7. ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 138. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  8. ^ Tischtennis-Legende Diane Schöler mit 90 Jahren gestorben (in German)
  9. ^ "Diane Rowe obituary". The Times. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Diane Rowe obituary". Table Tennis England. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
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