Antonín Maleček (1909 – 14 September 1964) was a Czechoslovak international

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player. He won three medals at the

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in the team events. This culminated in a

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at the

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for Czechoslovakia. He also won two

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titles. He kept a scrapbook on the history of Czech table tennis and died in 1964.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Malecek, Antonin Czechoslovak male table tennis players 1909 births 1964 deaths World Table Tennis Championships medalists

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