László Földy (30 September 1934 in
Budapest
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– 17 February 2015 in
Basel
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) was a male former
Hungarian and
Swiss
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international
table tennis
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player.
He won six
World Table Tennis Championship medals from 1953 to 1961. This consisted of four medals in the team event, a
bronze medal
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in the doubles with
Zoltán Berczik and another bronze in the mixed doubles with
Éva Kóczián
Éva Kóczián, later Kóczián-Földy (born May 25, 1936 in Budapest) is a former female international table tennis player from Hungary.
Table tennis career
She won twelve medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis C ...
.
In the early 1970s, Földy emigrated to
Switzerland
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and since 1971, he represented this country on the international arena.
He married fellow Hungarian international and his mixed doubles partner Éva Kóczián.
External links
Laszlo Földy at Table Tennis Media
See also
*
List of table tennis players
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List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
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References
Hungarian male table tennis players
World Table Tennis Championships medalists
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