Zoltán Berczik (7 August 1937 – 11 January 2011) was a Hungariantable tennis player. In the late fifties he was ranked among the best European table tennis players and won, with his athletic play, the first two titles at the Table Tennis European Championships.[1]
Berczik was born in Novi Sad. He began his career as a defensive player. With the advent of topspin in the late 1950s he turned his game around to attack.[2] He died in Budapest.[3][4]
He won the Hungarian championship in single continuously from 1959 to 1964. He won the double competition in 1959 with László Földy, in 1960 and 1961 with Ferenc Sido, in 1962 Miklós Péterfy, in 1963 with János Faházi and 1967 with István Jony. In mixed doubles he won in 1960 with Gizella Farkas and Éva Kóczián in 1967.
He won the team championships in 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962 and 1964 with the club Vasútépítő Törekvés and in 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1969 with Bp. Vasutas SC.
World Championships
Berczik took part in World Cups five times: in 1957 he secured the silver medal with the Hungarian team. This happened again at the World Cup in 1959, where he also won the bronze medal in doubles with László Földy and mixed with Gizi Farkas. At the World Cup in 1961, he was third with the team and runner-up in doubles with Ferenc Sido. In 1963 and 1965 he won no medals. [5][6]
European Championships
At the Youth European Championship in 1955 in Stuttgart, he arrived in final in doubles, where he lost.
He achieved his greatest success at the European Championships in 1958 and 1960. Here he became European champion both in single and with the Hungarian team. In 1958 he won the Mixed with Gizi Farkas-Lantos, in 1960 the double competition with Ferenc Sidó. In 1964 he reached the final of the individual, which he lost to Kjell Johansson, and semi-finals in doubles.
Trainer and author
From 1969 he served as coach for the Hungarian national team.[7] After a stay in Japan in 1985, he coached Budapest Vasutas SC.[8] In the 1990s he wrote a series of articles for coaches on the table tennis tactics:
1992: Tactics (2): establishment of tactics for a match
1992: Tactics (3): The tactics of the offensive player
1993: Tactics (5): Exercises for offensive players
1993: Tactics (6): Exercises for offensive players
zoltán, berczik, august, 1937, january, 2011, hungarian, table, tennis, player, late, fifties, ranked, among, best, european, table, tennis, players, with, athletic, play, first, titles, table, tennis, european, championships, full, nameberczik, zoltannational. Zoltan Berczik 7 August 1937 11 January 2011 was a Hungarian table tennis player In the late fifties he was ranked among the best European table tennis players and won with his athletic play the first two titles at the Table Tennis European Championships 1 Zoltan BerczikFull nameBERCZIK ZoltanNationality HungaryMedal record Men s table tennisRepresenting HungaryWorld Championships1961 Beijing Doubles1961 Beijing Team1959 Dortmund Doubles1959 Dortmund Mixed Doubles1959 Dortmund Team1957 Stockholm TeamEuropean Championships1964 Malmo Singles1964 Malmo Doubles1960 Zagreb Singles1960 Zagreb Doubles1960 Zagreb Team1958 Budapest Singles1958 Budapest Mixed Doubles1958 Budapest TeamBerczik was born in Novi Sad He began his career as a defensive player With the advent of topspin in the late 1950s he turned his game around to attack 2 He died in Budapest 3 4 Contents 1 National success 2 World Championships 3 European Championships 4 Trainer and author 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksNational success EditHe won the Hungarian championship in single continuously from 1959 to 1964 He won the double competition in 1959 with Laszlo Foldy in 1960 and 1961 with Ferenc Sido in 1962 Miklos Peterfy in 1963 with Janos Fahazi and 1967 with Istvan Jony In mixed doubles he won in 1960 with Gizella Farkas and Eva Koczian in 1967 He won the team championships in 1957 1958 1959 1962 and 1964 with the club Vasutepito Torekves and in 1965 1966 1967 and 1969 with Bp Vasutas SC World Championships EditBerczik took part in World Cups five times in 1957 he secured the silver medal with the Hungarian team This happened again at the World Cup in 1959 where he also won the bronze medal in doubles with Laszlo Foldy and mixed with Gizi Farkas At the World Cup in 1961 he was third with the team and runner up in doubles with Ferenc Sido In 1963 and 1965 he won no medals 5 6 European Championships EditAt the Youth European Championship in 1955 in Stuttgart he arrived in final in doubles where he lost He achieved his greatest success at the European Championships in 1958 and 1960 Here he became European champion both in single and with the Hungarian team In 1958 he won the Mixed with Gizi Farkas Lantos in 1960 the double competition with Ferenc Sido In 1964 he reached the final of the individual which he lost to Kjell Johansson and semi finals in doubles Trainer and author EditFrom 1969 he served as coach for the Hungarian national team 7 After a stay in Japan in 1985 he coached Budapest Vasutas SC 8 In the 1990s he wrote a series of articles for coaches on the table tennis tactics 1992 Tactics 2 establishment of tactics for a match 1992 Tactics 3 The tactics of the offensive player 1993 Tactics 5 Exercises for offensive players 1993 Tactics 6 Exercises for offensive players 1994 Tactics 7 1994 Tactics 8 Berczik ended his coaching career in 1996 9 See also EditList of table tennis players List of World Table Tennis Championships medalistsReferences Edit ITTF Database www ittf com Archived from the original on 2010 07 06 Zeitschrift Deutscher Tischtennis Sport 2008 6 S 28 Sport Geza Sport Elhunyt Berczik Zoltan in Hungarian Retrieved 12 January 2011 Hungarian Table Tennis legend Zoltan Berczik passed away Men s doubles results PDF International Table Tennis Federation Archived from the original PDF on 2012 04 12 Table Tennis World Championship medal winners Sports123 Zeitschrift DTS 1974 18 S 16f Zeitschrift DTS 1985 12 S 45 Zeitschrift DTS 1996 10 S 28External links EditITTF stats Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Zoltan Berczik amp oldid 1078298526, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
