Matei Gantner (1934–2023) was a Romanian international

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player. Gantner won a

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at the

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in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Toma Reiter, Tiberiu Harasztosi, Paul Pesch and Mircea Popescu for Romania. He also won the national Championships seven times, three in singles (1954, 1958, 1960), two in doubles (1955, 1957 with Toma Reiter) and two in mixed (1957 and 1958 with Ella Zeller in addition to a bronze medal in the 1958 European Championships. Gantner died in 2023, at the age of 89.

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1934 births 2023 deaths Romanian male table tennis players World Table Tennis Championships medalists Place of birth missing 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-tabletennis-bio-stub

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