František Tokár

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František Tokár (born May 25, 1925 in Veľké Chrašťany , † October 29, 1993 in Bratislava ) was a Slovak table tennis player and five-time world champion.

biography

Tokárs learned to play table tennis in 1934 from Father Jozef Paulík in the Salesian Monastery of Ružinov . He celebrated his first successes at the age of twelve as a Slovak youth champion. Three years later he won the Bratislava City Championship. Tokár was an 18-time Slovak champion and won gold twice at the Czech Republic championships in 1948.

From 1947 to 1963 Tokár took part in eight world championships . In 1949 he became world champion in doubles with Ivan Andreadis by beating their compatriots Bohumil Váňa / Ladislav Štípek in the final . A year later they were runner-up behind Ferenc Sidó / Ferenc Soós .

Tokár won the gold medal with the ČSR team in 1947 , 1948 , 1950 and 1951 .

After the end of his career, Tokár worked in the Slovak table tennis association, most recently he was its honorary president.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
TCH  World Championship  1963  Prague  TCH   Agony  Agony  no participants   
TCH  World Championship  1957  Stockholm  SWE   last 64  Quarter finals  last 32  3
TCH  World Championship  1953  Bucharest  ROU   Quarter finals  last 64  last 16  3
TCH  World Championship  1951  Vienna  AUT   last 128  Semifinals  last 16  1
TCH  World Championship  1950  Budapest  HUN   last 16  silver  Scratched  1
TCH  World Championship  1949  Stockholm  SWE   last 16  gold  last 16  2
TCH  World Championship  1948  Wembley  CLOSELY   Quarter finals  last 16  Scratched  1
TCH  World Championship  1947  Paris  FRA   last 64  Quarter finals  no participants  1

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Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Tokár, František
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Veľké Chrašťany
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 1993
Place of death Bratislava