Matei Gantner is a male former 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 Romania. He won a

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

at the

1956 World Table Tennis Championships The 1956 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Tokyo from April 2 to April 11, 1956. Medalists Team Individual References External linksITTF Museum {{World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships World Table ...

in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with

Toma Reiter Toma Reiter is a male former international table tennis player from Romania. He won a bronze medal at the 1956 World Table Tennis Championships in the mixed doubles with Ella Zeller. In addition he was also part of the Romanian team that won a ...

Tiberiu Harasztosi Tiberiu Harasztosi is a male former international table tennis player from Romania. He won a bronze medal at the 1956 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Toma Reiter, Matei Gantner, Paul Pesch and Mir ...

Paul Pesch Paul Pesch is a male former international table tennis player from Romania. He won a bronze medal at the 1956 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Toma Reiter, Matei Gantner, Tiberiu Harasztosi and Mirc ...

and Mircea Popescu for Romania. He also won the national Championships seven times, three in singles (1954, 1958, 1960), two in doubles (1955, 1957 with Toma Reiter) and two in mixed (1957 and 1958 with

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 ...

in addition to a bronze medal in the 1958 European Championships.

References

Romanian male table tennis players 1934 births Living people World Table Tennis Championships medalists {{Romania-tabletennis-bio-stub

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