Ferenc Sidó

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The grave of Ferenc Sidó in Budapest

Ferenc Sidó [ ˈfɛrɛnʦ ˈʃidoː ] (born April 18, 1923 in Pata (then Czechoslovakia , now Slovakia ), † February 6, 1998 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian table tennis player . He was the individual world champion in 1953. He was twice world champion in doubles, four times in mixed and four times with the Hungarian team. In 1958 and 1960 he won the European championship with the team, in 1960 also the European title in doubles (with Zoltán Berczik ).

Slovakia

Sidó began playing table tennis in Bratislava , where he lived until 1938. He was trained and promoted by his father Peter Sidó. 1937/38 he was the junior champion of Slovakia. He also played with Bratislava in a match against Vienna.

Hungary

In 1938 or 1939 the family moved to Budapest, and Ferenc Sidó has played for Hungary since then. In 1940 he became a member of the Hungarian national team, in the national ranking he came in second. From 1942 to 1945 he lived in Diósgyőr to earn his living in an iron and steel factory. He caused a sensation at the 1947 World Cup when he beat the favorite Sol Schiff (USA). In the final he then lost to Bohumil Váňa .

He was most successful at the 1953 World Championships in Bucharest, where he became world champion in singles, doubles and mixed and took 2nd place with the Hungarian team. He remained unbeaten 15-0 in the team fights. Sido completed a total of 205 international matches for Hungary.

Sidó was the last world champion to play with the hard Barna bat . His strong backhand was feared.

Trainer

After his active time he was national coach of the Hungarian men's team. Under his leadership, players such as István Jónyer , Tibor Klampár and Gábor Gergely won several world and European championship titles in singles and doubles. The culmination of his coaching career was the sensational 5: 1 World Cup final victory in Pyongyang in 1979 against China . He also coached the Spartacus Budapest team from the late 1960s , with whom he won the European Cup , the Fair Cup and the Hungarian national championship several times .

official

Sidó worked for several years on the board of the Hungarian Table Tennis Association . In 1996 he became its honorary president. He also worked for the world association ITTF and for the European association ETTU . He was one of the founding members of the Swaythling Club International , which he chaired for several years until 1997.

In 1993 Sidó received the ITTF Merit Award .

Germany

1985 Sidó joined the district league club TTF Schwandorf and became active here.

End of life

Sidó had been married to Gizella since 1944. In the last years of his life he suffered from heart problems. In addition, the death of his son (* 1957) bothered him in 1996. Sidó died during an operation in a Budapest hospital.

successes

  • Participation in 12 table tennis world championships
    • 1947 in Paris: 2nd place singles, quarter-finals in doubles, 5th place with the Hungarian team
    • 1948 in London: 1st place mixed (with Dóra Beregi ), 9th place with the Hungarian team
    • 1949 in Stockholm: 1st place mixed (with Gizella Farkas ), 1st place with the Hungarian team
    • 1950 in Budapest: 3rd place singles, 1st place doubles (with Ferenc Soós ), 1st place mixed (with Gizella Farkas ), 2nd place with the Hungarian team
    • 1951 in Vienna: 3rd place singles, 2nd place doubles (with József Kóczián ), 2nd place with the Hungarian team
    • 1952 in Bombay: quarter-finals in singles, quarter-finals in doubles, 1st place mixed (with Angelica Adelstein-Rozeanu ), 1st place with the Hungarian team
    • 1953 in Bucharest: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with József Kóczián ), 1st place mixed (with Angelica Adelstein-Rozeanu ), 2nd place with the Hungarian team
    • 1954 in London: 4th place with the Hungarian team
    • 1955 in Utrecht: 3rd place singles, 3rd place doubles (with József Kóczián ), 3rd place with the Hungarian team
    • 1957 in Stockholm: 3rd place doubles (with Elemér Gyetvai ), 2nd place with the Hungarian team
    • 1959 in Dortmund: 2nd place singles, quarter-finals doubles, 2nd place with the Hungarian team
    • 1961 in Beijing: 2nd place doubles (with Zoltán Berczik ), 3rd place with the Hungarian team
  • Open Championship Sweden (SOC)
    • 1957 in Stockholm: 1st place doubles (with Zoltán Berczik ), 1st place with the Hungarian team
    • 1958 in Stockholm: 2nd place doubles (with Elemér Gyetvai ), 2nd place with the Hungarian team
  • International championships

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
HUN  European Championship  1960  Zagreb  YUG   last 16  gold    1
HUN  European Championship  1958  Budapest  HUN   last 16  Quarter finals  silver  1
HUN  World Championship  1961  Beijing  CHN   last 16  silver  last 64  3
HUN  World Championship  1959  Dortmund  FRG   silver  Quarter finals  last 16  2
HUN  World Championship  1957  Stockholm  SWE   last 64  Semifinals  last 16  2
HUN  World Championship  1955  Utrecht  NED   Semifinals  Semifinals  last 64  3
HUN  World Championship  1954  Wembley  CLOSELY   last 16  last 64  last 64  4th 
HUN  World Championship  1953  Bucharest  ROU   gold  gold  gold  2
HUN  World Championship  1952  Bombay  IND   Quarter finals  Quarter finals  gold  1
HUN  World Championship  1951  Vienna  AUT   Semifinals  silver  last 16  2
HUN  World Championship  1950  Budapest  HUN   Semifinals  gold  gold  2
HUN  World Championship  1949  Stockholm  SWE   last 16  last 32  gold  1
HUN  World Championship  1948  Wembley  CLOSELY   last 16  last 16  Semifinals  9 
HUN  World Championship  1947  Paris  FRA   silver  Quarter finals  last 16  5 

philately

The following postmark was used by the post office in Cluj-Napoca Romania: September 11, 1996 Special postmark with the image of Ferenc Sido.

swell

  • Jupp Schlaf : Ferenc Sido - Appreciation of a Personality , DTS magazine , 1967/3 page 40
  • Ferenc Sido is dead , DTS magazine , 1996/3 page 11
  • Lawrence Kirwan: Life Portrait , Table Tennis News - Official Journal of the English Table Tennis Association, September 1953, pages 3–4 Online (accessed August 13, 2014)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2009/4 regional north, page 3
  2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1993/6 page 10
  3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1985/11 page 42
  4. ↑ Ferenc Sidó Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 14, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Sidó, Ferenc
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Pata
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1998
Place of death Budapest