Maria Alexandru (née Golopența; 30 December 1939 – 27 November 2024) was a Romanian
table tennis
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player.
Table tennis career
From 1957 to 1980 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the
Table Tennis European Championships
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and in the
World Table Tennis Championships
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.
Between 1953 and 1979, she played in 12 World Championships, winning three gold medals in the doubles competition.
During her active career she played for Progresul Bucharest.
She also won eleven
English Open
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titles including six in the singles.
Death
Alexandru died on 27 November 2024, at the age of 84.
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
1939 births
2024 deaths
Romanian female table tennis players
Sportspeople from Caraș-Severin County
20th-century Romanian sportswomen
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