Alfred Peter Liebster (14 March 1910, Vienna – 2000, Camden, London, England) was a male former international

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player from

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Table tennis career

From 1928 to 1938 he won sixteen medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the

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including two

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s. The golds were won in the men's doubles with Robert Thum at the

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and in the men's team event at the

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. He also won an

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title.

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1910 births 2000 deaths Austrian male table tennis players Austrian emigrants to the United Kingdom 20th-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

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