Ferenc Sidó
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
- Participation in the European table tennis championships
- 1958 in Budapest: quarter-finals doubles, 2nd place mixed (with Éva Kóczián ), 1st place with the Hungarian team
- 1960 in Zagreb: 1st place doubles (with Zoltán Berczik ), 1st 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
- 1958 England: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Zoltán Berczik )
- 1962 Friborg (Switzerland): 1st place doubles (with Zoltán Berczik )
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Hungarian championships
- 1941: 1st place mixed (with Sára Kolozsvári)
- 1942: 1st place mixed (with Sára Kolozsvári)
- 1944: 1st place mixed (with Gizella Farkas )
- 1946: 1st place doubles (with Ferenc Soós )
- 1947: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Ferenc Soós )
- 1948: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Ferenc Soós )
- 1949: 1st place doubles (with József Kóczián ), 1st place mixed (with Gizella Farkas )
- 1950: 1st place doubles (with Ferenc Soós ), 1st place mixed (with Gizella Farkas )
- 1951: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with József Kóczián ), 1st place mixed (with Gizella Farkas )
- 1953: 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with József Kóczián )
- 1954: 1st place individual
- 1955: 1st place doubles (with József Kóczián )
- 1956: 1st place mixed (with Gizella Farkas )
- 1958: 1st place mixed (with Éva Kóczián )
- 1960: 1st place doubles (with Zoltán Berczik )
- 1961: 1st place doubles (with Zoltán Berczik ), 1st place mixed (with Éva Kóczián )
Results from the ITTF database
Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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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
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2009/4 regional north, page 3
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1993/6 page 10
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1985/11 page 42
- ↑ Ferenc Sidó Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 14, 2011)
personal data | |
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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 |