Mária Mednyánszky |
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Full name |
MEDNYANSZKY Maria |
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Nationality |
Hungary |
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Medal record
Women's table tennis |
Competitor for Hungary |
World Championships |
Bronze | 1936 Prague | Doubles |
Silver | 1936 Prague | Mixed Doubles |
Gold | 1935 Wembley | Doubles |
Bronze | 1935 Wembley | Mixed Doubles |
Silver | 1935 Wembley | Team |
Gold | 1934 Paris | Doubles |
Gold | 1934 Paris | Mixed Doubles |
Silver | 1934 Paris | Team |
Silver | 1933 Baden | Singles |
Gold | 1933 Baden | Doubles |
Gold | 1933 Baden | Mixed Doubles |
Silver | 1932 Prague | Singles |
Gold | 1932 Prague | Doubles |
Silver | 1932 Prague | Mixed Doubles |
Gold | 1931 Budapest | Singles |
Gold | 1931 Budapest | Doubles |
Gold | 1931 Budapest | Mixed Doubles |
Gold | 1930 Berlin | Singles |
Gold | 1930 Berlin | Doubles |
Gold | 1930 Berlin | Mixed Doubles |
Gold | 1929 Budapest | Singles |
Bronze | 1929 Budapest | Doubles |
Bronze | 1929 Budapest | Mixed Doubles |
Gold | 1928 Stockholm | Singles |
Gold | 1928 Stockholm | Doubles |
Gold | 1928 Stockholm | Mixed Doubles |
Gold | 1926 London | Singles |
Gold | 1926 London | Mixed Doubles |
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Mária Mednyánszky (7 April 1901 Budapest – 22 December 1978 also Budapest) was a Hungarian table tennis star who became the first official women's world champion winning the single 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. She was awarded the Golden Order of the Hungarian People's Republic in 1976, Hungary's highest sporting honour.
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Persondata |
Name |
Mednyanszky, Maria |
Alternative names |
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Short description |
Hungarian table tennis player |
Date of birth |
7 April 1901 |
Place of birth |
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Date of death |
22 December 1978 |
Place of death |
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