Ladislav Štípek (1925 in
Prague
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– 13 February 1998 in
Barcelona
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) was a male international
table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
player from
Czechoslovakia
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.
Table tennis career
From 1947 to 1959 he won some medals in team events in the
Table Tennis European Championships
The European Table Tennis Championships is an international table tennis competition for the national teams of the member associations of the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU). First held in 1958, the ETTU organised the European Championships ever ...
and in the
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 ...
.
His 19 World Championship medals included five
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
s; two in the team event and three in the doubles with
Bohumil Váňa
Bohumil Váňa (17 January 1920 in Prague – 4 November 1989 in Prague) was a male international table tennis player from Czechoslovakia.
Table tennis career
From 1935 to 1955 he won an incredible 30 medals in singles, doubles, and team events ...
and
Ivan Andreadis
Ivan Andreadis (3 April 1924 in Prague - 27 October 1992 in Prague) was a Czechoslovak international table tennis player.
Table tennis career
He won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships from ...
respectively.
He also won an
English Open
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title.
Personal life
He worked as an official for the Ninth of May Jawa motorcycle works.
See also
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List of table tennis players
This list of table tennis players is alphabetically ordered by surname. The main source of the information included in this page is the official International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) database. More detailed information about their careers is ...
*
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
1925 births
1998 deaths
Czech male table tennis players
Czechoslovak table tennis players
Sportspeople from Prague
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