Paul Flussmann was a male

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international

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player.

Medal success

He won a

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s at the

1926 World Table Tennis Championships The 1st World Table Tennis Championships were held in London from December 6 to December 11, 1926. The championships were originally held as the European Championships which was the same year that the International Table Tennis Federation was for ...

in the men's doubles with

Munio Pillinger Munio Pillinger was a male Austrian international table tennis player. Career He won two bronze medals at the 1926 World Table Tennis Championships in the men's doubles with Paul Flussmann and men's singles and a silver medal in the men's t ...

and

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in the men's team event. Two years later he won a silver medal at the

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in the men's team event and a bronze medal in the singles. He won three more medals at team events before winning another bronze at the 1933 World Table Tennis Championships in the men's doubles with

Erwin Kohn Erwin Kohn (20 December 1911, in Baden – 18 March 1994, in Mar del Plata) was a male international table tennis player from Austria. Table tennis career Kohn was Austria's national table tennis champion by the age of 16. From 1932 to 1936 ...

Coaching

He was of Jewish origin and established a club in Vienna where he coached leading players Richard Bergman, Karl Fischer, Jakob Tartakower and Ferry Weiss.

References

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Medal success

Coaching

See also

References