Alexandre Agopoff

Alexandre Agopoff (* 1918 in Istanbul ; † 2010 ) was a French table tennis player . He took part in seven world championships in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s , winning two bronze medals.

Career

Alexandre Agopoff was the son of American parents. His father was killed in the First World War . In 1926 the family moved to France.

Agopoff won a total of eleven titles at French national championships , 1945 singles, 1939, 1939, 1945 and 1947 doubles and 1939, 1946, 1949-1951 and 1957 mixed. From 1938 to 1955 he was nominated for seven world championships. He reached the semi-finals with the French team in 1947 and 1950 , and in 1938 and 1949 the team came in fifth.

In 1948 Alexandre Agopoff wrote the book Ping-pong mes amours! 25 croquis de Michel Lanskoy ... .

He was married and lived in Paris.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
FRA	World Championship	1955	Utrecht	NED	last 64	last 128	last 32
FRA	World Championship	1954	Wembley	CLOSELY	last 128	no participants	last 64
FRA	World Championship	1950	Budapest	HUN	last 64	last 64	last 32	3
FRA	World Championship	1949	Stockholm	SWE	last 64	last 32	last 16	5
FRA	World Championship	1948	Wembley	CLOSELY	last 64	Scratched	last 32
FRA	World Championship	1947	Paris	FRA	last 128	last 16	last 32	3
FRA	World Championship	1938	Wembley	CLOSELY	last 128	last 64	last 64	5

Web links

• BS: In Memoriam: ALEX AGOPOFF in Swaythling Club International News No. 88, April 2010, page 16 (accessed July 19, 2015)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Book Author (accessed on 19 July 2015)
2. ↑ Alexandre Agopoff Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed July 19, 2015)