Thóra Beregi

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Dóra Beregi (* 8. August 1915 as Dorothea Berger in Budapest ) is a former Hungarian and later English table tennis -Nationalspielerin. She became world champion in doubles in 1950.

Hungary

The left-hander was born in Budapest in 1915 under the name Dorothea Berger. She later changed her name to the Hungarian form Dóra Beregi. At the national Hungarian championships in 1937 she won doubles with Magda Gál and mixed with Erno Földo. She defended this title a year later, in doubles with Ida Ferenczy and in mixed with Victor Barna . In 1937 and 1938 she was nominated for the world championships . In 1938 she reached the quarterfinals in singles and in doubles with Ida Ferenczy the final, in which they were subject to the Czechs Vlasta Depetrisová / Věra Votrubcová .

England

In 1939 Dóra Beregi moved to England. Here she married an Englishman named Harry Devenny under the name Dora Berger in 1941 and thereby acquired English citizenship. So she was eligible to play internationally for England.

In 1947/48 she was ranked sixth in the ITTF world rankings .

In 1948 and 1950 she took part in the World Championships under the English flag. In 1948 she won gold with the English team. In doubles with the Scot Helen Elliot she won silver (behind Margaret Franks / Vera Thomas from England), in mixed with Ferenc Sidó she won bronze. In 1950 she became double world champion with Helen Elliot by winning the final over the Hungarian-Romanian couple Gizella Farkas / Angelica Rozeanu . The English team came in third.

Australia

In 1950 Dóra Beregi moved to Australia. In September 1951 she won all competitions at the Australian Open in Adelaide. In 1955 she ended her career as a competitive athlete.

Private

Dóra Beregi is married and has one son (* 1949).

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
CLOSELY World Championship 1950 Budapest HUN last 32 gold Quarter finals 3
CLOSELY World Championship 1948 Wembley CLOSELY last 64 silver Semifinals 1
HUN World Championship 1938 Wembley CLOSELY Quarter finals silver last 16 4th
HUN World Championship 1937 to bathe AUT last 64 last 16 last 16

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d The Table Tennis Collector, No. 76, May 2015, page 19 ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on July 18, 2015)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ittf.com
  2. ↑ "Table Tennis" magazine, November 1947, page 2 Online (accessed on 18 August 2014)
  3. ↑ Tischtennis Magazin, Official Organ of the Table Tennis Association Lower Saxony 2005, No. 4, Page 12 Online (accessed on August 20, 2014)
  4. ^ "Table Tennis" magazine, November 1951, page 4 Online (accessed on August 18, 2014)
  5. ↑ Magazine DTS , 1955/3 Page 15
  6. ^ "Table Tennis" magazine, January 1949, page 9 Online (accessed on August 18, 2014)
  7. ↑ Dóra Beregi results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on August 20, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Beregi, Thóra
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Devenny, Dóra (married name); Berger, Dorothea (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian and English table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest