Elemér Gyetvai

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Elemér Gyetvai (born July 12, 1927 in Kisterenye , † March 18, 1993 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian table tennis player and trainer. He finished second in the singles at the 1958 European Championships .

Career

From 1950 to 1957 Elemér Gyetvai took part in five world championships . He was world champion with the Hungarian team in 1952 . In 1953 and 1957 he won silver with the team, in 1954 he was fourth. He also reached the double semifinals in 1957 together with Ferenc Sidó .

The 1958 European Championship was successful . With the team he became European champion, in singles he won silver after losing the final against his compatriot Zoltán Berczik , in mixed with Lívia Mossóczy he won bronze.

In 1956 he was ranked eighth in the ITTF world rankings .

Elemér Gyetvai was Hungarian champion several times: 1955 with the men's team of the club Bp. Spartacus SK, 1960 with the club Vörös Meteor Egyetértés, 1956, 1957 and 1958 in singles and 1956 and 1957 in doubles.

In 1961 Elemér Gyetvai ended his active career. He went to Indonesia, where he worked as a trainer until 1962. He then became a state inspector for table tennis in Hungary.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
HUN European Championship 1958 Budapest HUN silver Quarter finals Semifinals 1
HUN World Championship 1957 Stockholm SWE last 64 Semifinals Quarter finals 2
HUN World Championship 1954 Wembley CLOSELY last 16 last 64 last 16 4th
HUN World Championship 1953 Bucharest ROU last 64 last 32 last 32 2
HUN World Championship 1952 Bombay IND last 32 last 16 last 32 1
HUN World Championship 1950 Budapest HUN last 128 last 16 no participants

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ITTF world rankings from 1947 to 2001 (Excel; 171 kB) ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 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 March 10, 2014)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ittf.com
  2. ↑ Zeitschrift dts , 1961/24 page 5
  3. ↑ Austrian table tennis show 1964/11, page 29 (accessed on March 10, 2014)
  4. ↑ Elemér Gyetvai Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on March 10, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Gyetvai, Elemér
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian table tennis player and trainer
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Kisterenye
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1993
Place of death Budapest