Éva Kóczián, later Kóczián-Földy (born May 25, 1936 in
Budapest
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) is a former female international
table tennis
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player from
Hungary
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.
Table tennis career
She won twelve medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the
World Table Tennis Championships
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and in the
Table Tennis European Championships
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.
The twelve World Championship medals included a
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ...
in the mixed doubles at the
1955 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1955 World Table tennis, Table Tennis Championships were held in Utrecht from April 16 to April 24, 1955.
Medalists
Team
Individual
References
External linksITTF Museum
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with
Kálmán Szepesi.
She also won four
English Open
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titles.
Personal life
Her brother
József Kóczián was also a table tennis player.
She married fellow table tennis international
László Földy.
See also
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List of table tennis players
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List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
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References
Results of Hungarian table tennis players at Sport.hu
1936 births
Living people
Hungarian female table tennis players
Table tennis players from Budapest
20th-century Hungarian sportswomen
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