She was 90 years old
Table tennis legend Diane Schöler is dead
Diane Schöler (here 1973) remained closely connected to the sport of table tennis even after her active career, worked until 1997 as a trainer and lady warden for the West German Table Tennis Association
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Between 1951 and 1971, Diane Schöler won 20 medals at world championships. Now the former table tennis legend has passed away. She was 90 years old.
Diane Schöler is dead. As the German Table Tennis Association announced on Tuesday, citing her family, the former table tennis world champion died on Monday at the age of 90. Born in Britain, she won 20 medals at World Championships between 1951 and 1971. Together with her twin sister Rosalind Cornett, she twice celebrated gold in doubles (1951, 1954), she was the oldest living table tennis world champion according to the DTTB.
“She will be remembered as a light-footed and elegant champion of our sport and as a personality who did our cause honor in her DTTB dress,” said DTTB Honorary President Hans Wilhelm Gäb. At the beginning of 1966, Diane Schöler married the former German Vice World Champion Eberhard Schöler and then played for Germany.
Diane Schöler has been in the Hall of Fame since 2016
Even after her active career, Diane Schöler remained closely connected to the sport of table tennis. She then served as President of the Association of Former World Class Players, Team Captains and those who have done great things for table tennis in other positions until 2013. The European Association had inducted her into the Hall of Fame in 2016.
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