Gardos was born on 16 January 1979 in Budapest, Hungary. He began playing table tennis in his hometown club Budapesti VSC where his father, Gábor Gárdos worked as a coach. In 1993 Gardos won the European Youth Championship in singles and in mixed doubles on the side of Mihaela Encea in the cadet category.[4] At the age of 14, he switched his residence to Austria, however, he competed for Hungary until he was 18.[5] In 1998, after a conflict with the Hungarian national team – Gardos was left out from the team and could only compete in the singles event – he opted to play for Austria in the future, having already obtained Austrian citizenship two years earlier.[5][6]
Austrian yearsedit
European Championships 2022, Munich
Gardos, who is right-handed, began competing for Austria after the three year international suspension for country changing was lifted.[6] He had several success at Table Tennis European Championships, most notably winning the doubles event of the 2012 edition with Daniel Habesohn. One year later the duo finished second in the same event having lost the final against Wang Zeng Yi and Tan Ruiwu. In singles, Gardos' best performance came in 2008 in St. Petersburg by finishing third.
Gardos did not qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics in singles, but the Austrian team with the same line-up was present at the Games. After an easy victory in the first round (Egypt, 3–0),[10] the team faced eventual bronze medalist Germany and lost without winning a single match (0–3),[11] thus finishing tied-fifth.[12]
Gardos qualified for and competed in the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships, seeded at number 42. In the first round, he defeated Chew Zhe Yu of Singapore (4-2), before losing to Chinese player, and number 4 seed Zhang Jike, (2-4).
Personal lifeedit
His nickname is Robi. His hobbies include playing golf, reading, and listening to music. He speaks German, Hungarian, Spanish, and English.[2]
Styleedit
Robert Gardos uses the following styles for play:[2]
Offensive
Fast
Topspin
Backhand orientation
Referencesedit
^ abcEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
^ abcd. International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
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Robert Gardos Hungarian Gardos Robert Hungarian pronunciation ˈɡaːrdoʃ ˈroːbɛrt born 16 January 1979 in Budapest is a Hungarian born Austrian table tennis player European Champion and Olympic participant He plays for the French club Chartres ASTT Robert GardosGardos at the 2012 Summer OlympicsPersonal informationFull nameRobert GardosNickname s RobiNationalityAustrianBorn 1979 01 16 16 January 1979 age 45 1 Budapest HungaryHeight1 78 m 5 ft 10 in 1 Weight66 kg 146 lb 1 Table tennis careerPlaying styleBackhand orientation fast offensive topspin 2 Equipment s Blade Butterfly Timo Boll ALC ST Forehand Rubber Butterfly Tenergy 05 Backhand Rubber Butterfly Tenergy 05Highest ranking18 March 2015 2 Current ranking39 August 2022 3 ClubChartres ASTTMedal record Men s table tennis Representing Austria European Games 2015 Baku Team European Championships 2012 Herning Doubles 2015 Yekaterinburg Team 2013 Schwechat Doubles 2022 Munich Doubles 2008 St Petersburg Singles 2008 St Petersburg Doubles 2009 Stuttgart Team 2011 Gdansk Sopot Team 2022 Munich Mixed doubles Representing Hungary European Youth Championships 1993 Ljubljana Singles 1993 Ljubljana Mixed Doubles Since the opening in 2011 Robert Gardos practices at the Werner Schlager Academy in Schwechat Austria Contents 1 Career 1 1 Early career 1 2 Austrian years 2 Personal life 3 Style 4 References 5 External linksCareer editEarly career edit Gardos was born on 16 January 1979 in Budapest Hungary He began playing table tennis in his hometown club Budapesti VSC where his father Gabor Gardos worked as a coach In 1993 Gardos won the European Youth Championship in singles and in mixed doubles on the side of Mihaela Encea in the cadet category 4 At the age of 14 he switched his residence to Austria however he competed for Hungary until he was 18 5 In 1998 after a conflict with the Hungarian national team Gardos was left out from the team and could only compete in the singles event he opted to play for Austria in the future having already obtained Austrian citizenship two years earlier 5 6 Austrian years edit nbsp European Championships 2022 Munich Gardos who is right handed began competing for Austria after the three year international suspension for country changing was lifted 6 He had several success at Table Tennis European Championships most notably winning the doubles event of the 2012 edition with Daniel Habesohn One year later the duo finished second in the same event having lost the final against Wang Zeng Yi and Tan Ruiwu In singles Gardos best performance came in 2008 in St Petersburg by finishing third Gardos was also present at two Olympic Games in 2008 and 2012 At the 2008 Summer Olympics Gardos faced an early exit in the singles as he was beaten in the second round by Zoran Primorac 7 thus finished tied 33rd 8 In the team event Austria Robert Gardos Chen Weixing Werner Schlager just missed out a medal as they fell short against South Korea Oh Sang Eun Ryu Seung Min Yoon Jae Young in the bronze final by a scoreline 1 3 9 Gardos did not qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics in singles but the Austrian team with the same line up was present at the Games After an easy victory in the first round Egypt 3 0 10 the team faced eventual bronze medalist Germany and lost without winning a single match 0 3 11 thus finishing tied fifth 12 In June 2015 he competed in the inaugural European Games for Austria in table tennis more specifically Men s team with Stefan Fegerl and Daniel Habesohn He earned a bronze medal Gardos qualified for and competed in the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships seeded at number 42 In the first round he defeated Chew Zhe Yu of Singapore 4 2 before losing to Chinese player and number 4 seed Zhang Jike 2 4 Personal life editHis nickname is Robi His hobbies include playing golf reading and listening to music He speaks German Hungarian Spanish and English 2 Style editRobert Gardos uses the following styles for play 2 Offensive Fast Topspin Backhand orientationReferences edit a b c Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Robert Gardos Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 15 November 2013 a b c d Robert Gardos Biography International Table Tennis Federation Archived from the original on 24 December 2013 Retrieved 15 November 2013 Robert Gardos WTT Retrieved 28 August 2022 European Youth Championships archive European Table Tennis Union Archived from the original on 12 October 2013 Retrieved 15 November 2013 a b Osztrak pingpongsztori lecsoval es magyar emlekekkel in Hungarian Origo 20 August 2008 Retrieved 15 November 2013 a b Gardos hat mit Grenzau hohe sportliche Ziele in German Zugbrucke Grenzenau 4 May 2010 Retrieved 15 November 2013 Table Tennis at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games Men s Singles Round Two Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 15 November 2013 Table Tennis at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games Men s Singles Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 15 November 2013 Table Tennis at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games Men s Team Final Round Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 15 November 2013 Table Tennis at the 2012 London Summer Games Men s Team Round One Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 15 November 2013 Table Tennis at the 2012 London Summer Games Men s Team Quarter finals Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 15 November 2013 Table Tennis at the 2012 London Summer Games Men s Team Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 15 November 2013 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Robert Gardos Robert Gardos at World Table Tennis nbsp Robert Gardos at Olympedia nbsp Robert Gardos at Olympics com nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Robert Gardos amp oldid 1167366560, wikipedia, 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