Robert Thum is a male former

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 div ...

player from

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

Table tennis career

From 1928 to 1932 he won five medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the

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 m ...

. The five World Championship medals included a gold medal in the doubles at the

1928 World Table Tennis Championships The 2nd World Table tennis, Table Tennis Championships were held in Stockholm from January 24 to January 29, 1928. Medalists Team Individual References External linksITTF Museum
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Alfred Liebster Alfred Peter Liebster (14 March 1910, Vienna – 2000, Camden, London, England) was a male former international table tennis player from Austria. Table tennis career From 1928 to 1938 he won sixteen medals in singles, doubles, and team events in ...

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Table tennis career

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