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Mária Mednyánszky

Mária Mednyánszky (7 April 1901 Budapest – 22 December 1978 also Budapest) was a Hungarian international table tennis star.

Mária Mednyánszky
Personal information
Full nameMária Mednyánszky
Nationality Hungary
Born(1901-04-07)7 April 1901
Budapest
Died22 December 1978(1978-12-22) (aged 77)
Budapest
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Hungary
World Championships
1936 Prague Doubles
1936 Prague Mixed Doubles
1935 Wembley Doubles
1935 Wembley Mixed Doubles
1935 Wembley Team
1934 Paris Doubles
1934 Paris Mixed Doubles
1934 Paris Team
1933 Baden Singles
1933 Baden Doubles
1933 Baden Mixed Doubles
1932 Prague Singles
1932 Prague Doubles
1932 Prague Mixed Doubles
1931 Budapest Singles
1931 Budapest Doubles
1931 Budapest Mixed Doubles
1930 Berlin Singles
1930 Berlin Doubles
1930 Berlin Mixed Doubles
1929 Budapest Singles
1929 Budapest Doubles
1929 Budapest Mixed Doubles
1928 Stockholm Singles
1928 Stockholm Doubles
1928 Stockholm Mixed Doubles
1926 London Singles
1926 London Mixed Doubles

Table tennis career

She became the first official women's world champion winning the women's singles event gold medal in the first edition of the World Table Tennis Championships, held in 1926 at London.[1] She went on to win the title for five successive years and won a further 18 world titles.[2] Only Angelica Rozeanu holds more women's singles titles than her.[2]

She won seven doubles titles including six consecutive wins with Anna Sipos.[2][3][4] She also won three English Open titles.

Awards

She was awarded the Golden Order of the Hungarian People's Republic in 1976, Hungary's highest sporting honour.

See also

References

  1. ^ . Archived from the original on 2012-10-16.
  2. ^ a b c "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  3. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  4. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  • ITTF Hall of Fame. Accessed September 2007
  • at I GUINNESS DEL TENNISTAVOLO (Italian) Accessed Sept 2007


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