Marie Šmídová (née Masáková; April 19, 1907 – 1963), was a female

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international table tennis player.

Table tennis career

She won fourteen

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medals, in the women's singles, doubles and team events and the mixed doubles. She won three gold medals; two in the team event and one in the women's doubles. The fourteen World Championship medals included three

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s; one in the doubles with

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at the

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and two in the team event. She also won two

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titles.

References

Czechoslovak table tennis players 1907 births Year of death missing World Table Tennis Championships medalists {{CzechRepublic-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

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