Sándor Glancz (14 July 1908 in

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– 17 January 1974 in

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) was a male international

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player from

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Table tennis career

From 1928 to 1934 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships. His fourteen World Championship medals included four gold medals; one in the doubles at the 1933 World Table Tennis Championships with

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and three in the team event. He also won four English Open titles.

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1908 births 1974 deaths Jewish table tennis players Hungarian male table tennis players Hungarian emigrants to the United States Table tennis players from Budapest {{Hungary-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

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