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Marie Kettnerová (born in
Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...
on 4 April 1911; died in
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on 28 February 1998) was a female Czech international
table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...
player.


Table tennis career

She won an incredible 23
World Table Tennis Championships The World Table Tennis Championships are table tennis competitions sanctioned by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The World Championships have been held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Five individual events, which include men ...
medals from 1933 to 1950. She was a singles
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winner of the
World Table Tennis Championships The World Table Tennis Championships are table tennis competitions sanctioned by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The World Championships have been held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Five individual events, which include men ...
in both women's single and doubles. In singles she won in 1934 and 1935, in doubles in 1936 and three times team gold winner. She was a charter member of the ITTF Hall of Fame.ITTF Hall of Fame
She also won an
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title.


See also

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List of table tennis players This list of table tennis players is alphabetically ordered by surname. The main source of the information included in this page is the official International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) database. More detailed information about their careers is ...
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References

Czech female table tennis players Sportspeople from Prague 1911 births 1998 deaths World Table Tennis Championships medalists Czechoslovak emigrants to the United Kingdom {{CzechRepublic-tabletennis-bio-stub