Heinz Schneider (October 12, 1932 – August 20, 2007) was a male East German international table tennis player.

[1] He won a bronze medal at the 1957 World Table Tennis Championships in the men's singles.

[2][3] Between 1950 and 1961 Schneider won six East German Championships in singles and six times in doubles.

He was the first German to win a medal in table tennis after the Second World War.

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