German · Oberviechtach, West Germany · Born 19 March 1981Bastian Steger is a German table tennis player who won two Olympic team bronze medals and a World Championship team silver, becoming one of the country's most decorated modern players.
Two Olympic team bronze medals — London 2012 and Rio 2016 — sum up Bastian Steger's value to German table tennis: the technically reliable performer who delivered when the squad needed him, across a career that reached its individual peak with a world ranking of 18 in October 2014. He won the mini-championships mass sport event in 1990 and became German doubles champion at just 14 in 1995, before joining Borussia Düsseldorf in the German Bundesliga for the 2000-01 season. Steger broke into the world's top 100 in September 2001, and went on to become one of Germany's most consistent international performers, winning both the singles and doubles titles at the 2011 German Championships in Bamberg. He represented Germany at the 2012 London Olympics, winning bronze in the men's team event, and repeated the achievement at the 2016 Rio Olympics, giving him two Olympic medals. Steger reached his highest individual world ranking of 18th in October 2014, and won bronze in singles at the European Championships in both 2012 and 2013. His finest team achievement came at the 2018 World Team Championships, where Germany won the silver medal, adding to four European Championship team titles across his career. He also won eight German national championships across singles, doubles, and mixed doubles, and two German Bundesliga titles at club level, establishing himself as one of the leading figures of German table tennis alongside compatriots Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtcharov.
Winning two Olympic bronze medals in the men's team event for Germany
How They Played
Versatile attacking player with strong shots on both forehand and backhand sides
Lasting Impact
One of Germany's most decorated modern table tennis players, part of a strong national team alongside Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Career Honours
- 2x Olympic bronze, men's team (2012, 2016)
- World Championship silver, men's team (2018)
- 4x European Champion, men's team
- 8x German national champion
German Athletes