Ella Zeller

Ella Zeller (married name Ella Constantinescu; born 26 November 1933) is a retired 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.

Ella Zeller
Ella Zeller at the 1955 World Championships
Personal information
Full name	Ella Constantinescu-Zeller
Nationality	Romania
Born	26 November 1933 (1933-11-26) (age 90)[1] Moldova Nouă, Romania[1]
Medal record Table tennis Representing  Romania World Championships 1963 Prague Singles 1963 Prague Team 1957 Stockholm Singles 1957 Stockholm Doubles 1957 Stockholm Team 1956 Tokyo Singles 1956 Tokyo Doubles 1956 Tokyo Mixed doubles 1956 Tokyo Team 1955 Utrecht Doubles 1955 Utrecht Team 1953 Bucharest Team 1952 Bombay Team 1951 Vienna Team European Championships 1958 Budapest Doubles 1958 Budapest Team 1964 Malmo Doubles

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]

See also

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

References

1. 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.

External links

• Media related to Ella Zeller at Wikimedia Commons