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1955 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1955 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Utrecht from April 16 to April 24, 1955. Medalists Team Individual References External linksITTF Museum {{World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships 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 ... Table tennis competitions in the Netherlands International sports competitions hosted by the Netherlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 World Table Tennis Championships ...
The 1954 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Wembley from April 5 to April 14, 1954. Medalists Team Individual References External linksITTF Museum {{World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships Table tennis competitions in the United Kingdom International sports competitions in London World Table Tennis Championships 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 men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Somogyi
Josef 'Joe' Somogyi was a male international table tennis player from Hungary. Table tennis career He won the Doubles old'' with Tibor Hámori at the Summer University World Championship (Budapest, July 31 - August 8, 1954] and was runner up in the Singles Gold at the same event. http://mefsarchivum.hu/!/esemenynaptar/3-nemzetkozi-sport/362-nyari-egyetemi-vilagbajnoksag-1954 He won a bronze medal as part of the Hungarian team that competed in the Swaythling Cup during the 1955 World Table Tennis Championships. The team consisted of László Földy, József Kóczián, Ferenc Sidó and Kálmán Szepesi. He helped Surrey win the National County Championships in the 1958–59 season and was runner-up in the English Open. Personal life He escaped Hungary with his wife Ary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 to London becoming an architect-draughtsman. He was killed in a car accident on 12 January 1965. He leaves behind two daughters, Susanna and Juliette. Susanna was bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiko Tanaka (table Tennis)
is a former international table tennis player from Japan. Table tennis career She won a gold medal in the women's team event at the World Table Tennis Championships in 1954. In addition she won six other World Championship medals; one in the singles, two in the doubles, one in the mixed doubles and two in the team event. See also * List of table tennis players * List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists Results of individual events The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed). Men's singles Medal table Women's singles The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared ... References Japanese female table tennis players {{Japan-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shizuki Narahara
is a Japanese former table tennis player. From Hiroshima, she was in the city on 6 August 1945, when the first of two atomic bombs was dropped on Japan. Table tennis career From 1952 to 1955 she won five medals in doubles and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships. The five World Championship medals included two gold medals in the doubles with Tomie Nishimura at the 1952 World Table Tennis Championships and the team event also at the 1952 World Table Tennis Championships. See also * List of table tennis players * List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists Results of individual events The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed). Men's singles Medal table Women's singles The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared ... References 1928 births Possibly living people Japanese female table tennis players {{Japan-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fujie Eguchi
Fujie Eguchi (江口 冨士枝, ''Eguchi Fujie''; 18 November 1932 in Nagasaki – 28 May 2021) was an international table tennis player from Japan. Table tennis career From 1954 to 1959 she won many medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships, and in the World Table Tennis Championships. The sixteen World Championship medals included six gold medals; one in the singles at the 1957 World Table Tennis Championships, three in the team event and two in the mixed doubles with Ichiro Ogimura. She also won three English Open titles. See also * List of table tennis players * List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists Results of individual events The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed). Men's singles Medal table Women's singles The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared ... References 1932 births 2021 deaths People from Nagasaki Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ella Zeller
Ella Zeller (married name Ella Constantinescu; born 26 November 1933) is a retired Romanian table tennis player, coach and administrator. From 1952 to 1964 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships. In 1995 she was inducted to the ITTF Hall of Fame. Zeller began training in table tennis in Timișoara and then moved to Bucharest. She graduated from an institute of physical education, and after retiring from competitions worked as a table tennis coach with the national team (1967–1989). She also took leading positions in the national and European tennis table federations and served as President of the National Commission for Women sport. In 1989 she moved to Germany where in 1990–1994 she worked for the German Table Tennis Federation. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sari Szasz
Sári Szász (married name Kolozsvári), (1922 – February 19, 2006) was a female international table tennis player. Table tennis career From 1950 to 1955 she won ten medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships. The ten World Championship medals included four gold medals in the team event for Romania. See also * List of table tennis players * List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists Results of individual events The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed). Men's singles Medal table Women's singles The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared ... References 1922 births 2006 deaths Romanian female table tennis players {{Romania-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelica Rozeanu
Angelica Rozeanu (née Adelstein) (15 October 1921 – 21 February 2006) was a Romanian table tennis player of Jewish origin, the most successful female table tennis player in the history of the sport, winning the women's world singles title 6 years in succession. Table tennis career Rozeanu started playing table tennis while recovering from scarlet fever when she was eight. In 1933, at age 12, she won the Romanian Cup. She won the Romanian national championship in 1936 and remained Romania's female champion for the next 21 years (1936–57, excluding World War II). Her first major win was the 1938 Hungarian Open. Her career was interrupted by World War II, as from 1940 to 1944 she was barred from even entering a gymnasium in Romania and was unable to play. Rozeanu won her first World Championship in 1950, starting the winning run that would see her win the championship six years in succession, a feat yet to be matched. She was also the last non-Asian woman to win the title. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Team
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Alan Rhodes (table Tennis)
Alan Rhodes is a male former international table tennis player from England. He won a bronze medal at the 1955 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Richard Bergmann, Brian Kennedy, Johnny Leach and Bryan Merrett for England. He represented his county Middlesex. See also * List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships * List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists Results of individual events The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed). Men's singles Medal table Women's singles The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared ... References English male table tennis players Living people World Table Tennis Championships medalists Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Merrett
Bryan Reginald Merrett was a male international table tennis player from England. Table tennis career He won a bronze medal at the 1955 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Richard Bergmann, Brian Kennedy, Johnny Leach and Alan Rhodes and for England. He was a former England No 1, played in 100 internationals and won the Welsh Open in Cardiff in 1952. He won two English National Table Tennis Championships titles in singles and doubles. Personal life He married Shirley Hotchkins in 1957 and they spent their honeymoon on a Russian table tennis tour. He died in August 2001 aged 66. See also * List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships * List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists Results of individual events The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed). Men's singles Medal table Women's singles The champion of women's singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Leach
John Alfred Leach MBE (20 November 1922 – 5 June 2014) was a British table tennis player, coach, and author. He began competing at a relatively old age, 17, before serving in World War II. During the war, he greatly elevated his game and, in 1946, achieved a world ranking. In 1949, Leach became Great Britain's second World Champion singles player. After winning the title, he achieved widespread fame within the United Kingdom, appearing on television and writing for ''News of the World''. Two years later, Leach added a second singles title. In 1953, he was part of the team that won Great Britain's first, and as of 2014 only, team World Championship. He also won 13 bronze and silver World championship medals between 1947 and 1955. As of 2014, Leach is just one of 11 players from any country to win two singles championships. After Leach retired in 1965, he remained active in the sport. He was England's national coach for eight years and served as president of the Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
