Hunor Janos Szőcs (born 24 March 1992 in

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) is a

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n professional

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player. He started playing Table Tennis in Târgu-Mureș, until he was 14 years old at which point he was transferred to Csm-Lps Bistrița, where he was a part of Olympic Center which was designed to train the boys national team. He became singles champion of Romania in 2012. Szőcs has a younger sister,

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, who is also a national Romanian table tennis player. They are of Hungarian descent.

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1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Târgu Mureș Romanian male table tennis players Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Table tennis players at the 2019 European Games European Games competitors for Romania 21st-century Romanian people Table tennis players at the 2023 European Games {{Romania-tabletennis-bio-stub