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Ferenc Sidó
Ferenc Sidó (18 April 1923 in Pata – 6 February 1998 in Budapest) was an ethnic Hungarian international table tennis player from Slovakia. Table tennis career From 1947 to 1961 he won 26 medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships The 26 medals included nine gold medals; one in the men's singles, two in the men's doubles with József Kóczián and Ferenc Soos, two in the men's team event and four in the mixed doubles with Gizi Farkas and Angelica Rozeanu. He also won four English Open titles. See also * List of table tennis players * List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists Results of individual events The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed). Men's singles Medal table Women's singles The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared ... References Czechoslovak male table tennis players 1923 births 1998 deaths {{Hungary-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Table Tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table divided by a net. Except for the initial serve, the rules are generally as follows: Players must allow a ball played toward them to bounce once on their side of the table and must return it so that it bounces on the opposite side. A point is scored when a player fails to return the ball within the rules. Play is fast and demands quick reactions. Spinning the ball alters its trajectory and limits an opponent's options, giving the hitter a great advantage. Table tennis is governed by the worldwide organization International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), founded in 1926. ITTF currently includes 226 member associations. The official rules are specified in the ITTF handbook. Table tennis has been an Olympic sport since 1988, with several even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferenc Soos
Ferenc Soos is a male former international table tennis player from Hungary. Table tennis career He won twelve medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships in 1936 to 1950. The twelve World Championship medals included four gold medals; two in the team event, one in the mixed doubles at the 1947 World Table Tennis Championships with Gizi Farkas and one in the men's doubles at the 1950 World Table Tennis Championships with Ferenc Sidó. See also * List of table tennis players * List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists Results of individual events The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed). Men's singles Medal table Women's singles The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared ... References Hungarian male table tennis players 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czechoslovak Male Table Tennis Players
Czechoslovak may refer to: *A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93) **First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38) **Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39) **Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60) **Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Fourth Czechoslovak Republic (1960–89) **Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Fifth Czechoslovak Republic (1989–93) *''Czechoslovak'', also ''Czecho-Slovak'', any grouping of the Czechs, Czech and Slovaks, Slovak ethnicities: **As a national identity, see Czechoslovakism **The title of Symphony No. 8 (Dvorak), Symphony no. 8 in G Major op. 88 by Antonín Dvořák in 1889/90 *The Czech–Slovak languages, a West Slavic dialect continuum **The Czechoslovak language, a theoretical standardized form defined as the state language of Czechoslovakia in its Constitution of 1920 **Comparison of Czech and Slovak See also * Slovak Republic (other) * Czech Republic (other) * Czechia (dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of World Table Tennis Championships Medalists
Results of individual events The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed). Men's singles Medal table Women's singles The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared vacant due to time limit rule in force at the time. In 2001, it was decided to declare the two finalists co-champions. Medal table Men's doubles Medal table Women's doubles Medal table Mixed doubles Medal table Results of team events The tables below are medalists of team events. Men's team Performance by nations in men's team Women's team Performance by nations in women's team References {{World Table Tennis Championships * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Table Tennis Players
This list of table tennis players is alphabetically ordered by surname. The main source of the information included in this page is the official International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) database. More detailed information about their careers is available in the individual players' articles, and in the ITTF database. Inclusion criteria Only table tennis players included in the ITTF database who achieved at least one medal in one of the considered competitions can be listed here. A picture of players who achieved an Olympic gold medal in a single event is shown. Other included information The name of each player is preceded by the flag of all the countries for which the player has competed. Each player is listed with their achievements in the single event of the considered competitions. Members of the ITTF Hall of Fame are listed in bold. Considered competitions and achievements The considered competitions and the related achievements to be listed in this page are: * Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Open (table Tennis)
The English Open was a table tennis tournament in England, last staged by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in Sheffield in 2011. History The tournament was first held as the English Open in 1927 by the English Table Tennis Association. Apart from a wartime break in the early 1940s, the tournament was held every year until 1980, and then every two years until the early 1990s. In 1996, the ITTF decided to include that year's English Open in Kettering as the very first event of the first ever ITTF Pro Tour. The tournament went on to feature in the ITTF Pro Tour five more times, in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2009 and in 2011, when it was held for the last time. The record for the most men's singles tournament wins is held by Richard Bergmann, who won six titles between 1939 and 1954, including two while representing Austria and four while representing England. Maria Alexandru of Romania holds the record for the most women's singles tournaments wins, having won six titles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelica Rozeanu
Angelica Rozeanu (née Adelstein) (15 October 1921 – 21 February 2006) was a Romanian table tennis player of Jewish origin, the most successful female table tennis player in the history of the sport, winning the women's world singles title 6 years in succession. Table tennis career Rozeanu started playing table tennis while recovering from scarlet fever when she was eight. In 1933, at age 12, she won the Romanian Cup. She won the Romanian national championship in 1936 and remained Romania's female champion for the next 21 years (1936–57, excluding World War II). Her first major win was the 1938 Hungarian Open. Her career was interrupted by World War II, as from 1940 to 1944 she was barred from even entering a gymnasium in Romania and was unable to play. Rozeanu won her first World Championship in 1950, starting the winning run that would see her win the championship six years in succession, a feat yet to be matched. She was also the last non- Asian woman to win the title. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gizella Farkas
Gizella 'Gizi' Farkas (18 November 1925 in Miskolc – 17 June 1996 in Vienna) was a female international table tennis player from Hungary. Table tennis career From 1947 to 1960 she won many medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships. Farkas is recognised as one of the leading female players in the history of the sport. Of the 27 World Championship medals that she won they included ten gold medals; three in the singles at the 1947 World Table Tennis Championships, 1948 World Table Tennis Championships and 1949 World Table Tennis Championships, three in the doubles and four in the mixed doubles. Personal life She married three times to László Fekete, Andorné Gervai and Mihály Lantos. From 1974 until her death, she lived in Austria. See also * List of table tennis players * List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists Results of individual events The tables below are medalists o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
József Kóczián
József Kóczián (4 August 1926 – 10 December 2009) was a Hungarian table tennis player, who won three world championships during his career. Table tennis career Following the Second World War, he made his first World Championships appearance in 1947 in Paris. He was a regular at the global event until 1959 when he made his final bow in Dortmund, Germany representing Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on .... József's sister Éva was also a table tennis player. Medal Count He won a total of 14 medals at World Championships during that 12-year period; notably clinching three gold medals. In 1949/Stockholm and 1952/Bombay he was a member of the successful Hungarian team that won the Swaythling Cup. In 1953 he partnered with fellow Hungarian Ferenc Sidó t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Table Tennis Championships
The World Table Tennis Championships are table tennis competitions sanctioned by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The World Championships have been held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Five individual events, which include men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's double and mixed doubles, are currently held in odd numbered years. The World Team Table Tennis Championships, which include men's team and women's team events, were first their own competition in 2000. The Team Championships are held in even numbered years. In the earlier days of the tournament, Hungary's men's team was a dominant force, winning the championships 12 times. This was followed by a short period of dominance by Japan in the 1950s. From the 1960s onwards, China emerged as the new dominant power in this tournament and, with the exception of 1989–2000, when Sweden won four times, China continues to dominate the sport. China's men's team holds a record 22 world team champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Medal
A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have been awarded in the arts, for example, by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, usually as a symbol of an award to give an outstanding student some financial freedom. Others offer only the prestige of the award. Many organizations now award gold medals either annually or extraordinarily, including various academic societies. While some gold medals are solid gold, others are gold-plated or silver-gilt, like those of the Olympic Games, the Lorentz Medal, the United States Congressional Gold Medal and the Nobel Prize medal. Nobel Prize medals consist of 18 karat green gold plated with 24 karat gold. Before 1980 they were struck in 23 karat gold. Military origins Before the establishment of standard military awards, e.g., the Medal of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the southwest, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's mostly mountainous territory spans about , with a population of over 5.4 million. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, while the second largest city is Košice. The Slavs arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the fifth and sixth centuries. In the seventh century, they played a significant role in the creation of Samo's Empire. In the ninth century, they established the Principality of Nitra, which was later conquered by the Principality of Moravia to establish Great Moravia. In the 10th century, after the dissolution of Great Moravia, the territory was integrated into the Principality of Hungary, which then became the Kingdom of Hungary in 1000. In 124 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
