Václav Tereba (21 August 1918 – 22 February 1990), was a Czechoslovak 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. He won twenty World Table Tennis Championship medals including four

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s as part of the Czechoslovakia men's team event. In addition he won four

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s, three in the men's team event and one in the mixed doubles with Marie Kettnerová and twelve

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s, three in the men's team, one in the men's singles, one in the mixed doubles and six in the men's doubles with four different partners, Adolf Slar, Stanislav Kolář, Josef Turnovsky and Ludvik Vyhnanovsky. Other achievements included victory in the open English Championships in 1947. He died in 1990 and his son is Stanislav Tereba.

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Czech male table tennis players 1918 births 1990 deaths World Table Tennis Championships medalists {{CzechRepublic-tabletennis-bio-stub

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