Ella Zeller

Ella Zeller
Zeller at the 1955 World Championships
Personal information
Full nameElla Constantinescu-Zeller
Nationality Romania
Born(1933-11-26)26 November 1933[1]
Moldova Nouă, Romania[1]
Died8 March 2025(2025-03-08) (aged 91)
Sport
SportTable tennis
Medal record
Table tennis
Representing  Romania
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1963 PragueSingles
Silver medal – second place1963 PragueTeam
Bronze medal – third place1957 StockholmSingles
Bronze medal – third place1957 StockholmDoubles
Silver medal – second place1957 StockholmTeam
Bronze medal – third place1956 TokyoSingles
Gold medal – first place1956 TokyoDoubles
Bronze medal – third place1956 TokyoMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place1956 TokyoTeam
Gold medal – first place1955 UtrechtDoubles
Gold medal – first place1955 UtrechtTeam
Gold medal – first place1953 BucharestTeam
Silver medal – second place1952 BombayTeam
Gold medal – first place1951 ViennaTeam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1958 BudapestDoubles
Silver medal – second place1958 BudapestTeam
Silver medal – second place1964 MalmoDoubles

Ella Zeller (married name Ella Constantinescu; 26 November 1933 – 8 March 2025) was a Romanian table tennis player, coach and administrator. Between 1952 and 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, she 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, Zeller moved to Germany where in 1990–1994, she worked for the German Table Tennis Federation.[1]

In 2000, she was awarded the Cross of Faithful Service (3rd class) by then President of Romania – Emil Constantinescu.[4] She died on 8 March 2025, at the age of 91.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ella Constantinescu. enciclopediaromaniei.ro
  2. ↑ CONSTANTINESCU-ZELLER Ella (ROU) Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. ittf.com
  3. ↑ Medaliile obtinute de sportivii romani la Campionatele Mondiale de Seniori Archived 20 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Romanian Table Tennis Federation
  4. ↑ "DECRET nr. 563 din 1 decembrie 2000". legislatie.just.ro (in Romanian). Monitorul Oficial. 16 December 2000. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  5. ↑ Sportul românesc este în doliu! A murit Ella Constantinescu Zeller, la 91 de ani (in Romanian)
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