Věra Votrubcová is a former female international

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player from

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Table tennis career

From 1936 to 1947 she won thirteen medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the

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. She also won three

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titles. The 13 World Championship medals included six

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s; two in the team event, two in the mixed doubles with

Bohumil Váňa Bohumil Váňa (17 January 1920 – 4 November 1989) was a Czech international table tennis player who represented Czechoslovakia. He was born and died in Prague. Table tennis career From 1935 to 1955 he won 30 medals in singles, doubles, and te ...

and two in the women's doubles with Vlasta Depetrisová.

Hall of Fame

She was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the

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in 1993.

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Table tennis career

Hall of Fame

See also

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