Gábor Gergely
Gábor Gergely [ ˈɡaːbor ˈɡɛrɡɛj ] (born June 21, 1953 in Budapest ) was one of the best table tennis players in the world in the 1970s and 1980s .
Start of career
Gergely initially played football at MTK Budapest , but turned to table tennis at the age of 14 due to a knee injury. He was trained by two-time European champion Péter Rózsás . He changed his initial penholder style to the "normal" stick position. In 1970 he played for the first time in the Hungarian national team, in 1971 he won against Stellan Bengtsson .
Greatest successes
After winning the gold medal in men's doubles with István Jónyer in 1975 , he was also a member of the Hungarian team in 1979 that broke through the years of Chinese dominance in men's table tennis with a 5-1 victory in the final. At the European Championships in Duisburg in 1978 he won 3 titles (men's team, singles, doubles). In the same year he also won the ranking tournament Europe TOP-12 . In 1980 he won with the club BVSC Budapest the European Champions Cup 1979/80, 1975 and 1981 with István Jónyer the Hungarian championship in doubles.
Activities as a senior
1985 Gergely moved to the Austrian state league club Wolkersdorf. Currently (October 2006) he plays in the 1st team of SV Salamander Kornwestheim 1894 in the district class.
Private
Gergely has been married to Eva since 1974. He has two daughters (Barbara and Noemi). In the mid-1990s he was the sports director of the Budapest newspaper Mai Nap . As a TV commentator, he broadcast table tennis competitions.
successes
- Participation in table tennis world championships
- Participation in European championships
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1974 in Novi Sad
- 2nd place singles (behind Milan Orlowski )
- 2nd place with men's team
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1978 in Duisburg
- 1st place with men's team
- 1st place single
- 1st place doubles (with Milan Orlowski )
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1980 in Bern
- 4th place with men's team
- 3rd place doubles (with Milan Orlowski )
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1982 in Budapest
- 1st place with men's team
- 3rd place single
- 2nd place doubles (with István Jónyer )
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1974 in Novi Sad
- additional
- 1978 1st place in Prague at the European ranking tournament Top-12
- 1978 Victory in the European Exhibition Cities Cup with the BVSC Budapest team
Results from the ITTF database
Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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HUN | European Championship | 1984 | Moscow | URS | last 16 | |||
HUN | European Championship | 1982 | Budapest | HUN | Semifinals | silver | 1 | |
HUN | European Championship | 1980 | Bern | SUI | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
HUN | European Championship | 1978 | Duisburg | FRG | gold | gold | 1 | |
HUN | European Championship | 1974 | Novi Sad | YUG | silver | Quarter finals | 2 | |
HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1982 | Nantes | FRA | 11 | |||
HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1981 | Miskolc | HUN | 9 | |||
HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1980 | Munich | FRG | 5 | |||
HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1979 | Kristianstad | SWE | 5 | |||
HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1978 | Prague | TCH | 1 | |||
HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1977 | Sarajevo | YUG | 5 | |||
HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1975 | Vienna | AUT | 10 | |||
HUN | World Championship | 1983 | Tokyo | JPN | last 64 | Quarter finals | last 64 | 3 |
HUN | World Championship | 1981 | Novi Sad | YUG | last 32 | last 16 | last 32 | 2 |
HUN | World Championship | 1979 | Pyongyang | PRK | Quarter finals | last 16 | last 64 | 1 |
HUN | World Championship | 1977 | Birmingham | CLOSELY | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | 4th |
HUN | World Championship | 1975 | Calcutta | IND | last 16 | gold | last 16 | 5 |
HUN | World Championship | 1973 | Sarajevo | YUG | last 32 | last 32 | Agony | 7th |
HUN | World cup | 1982 | Hong Kong | HKG | 11 | |||
HUN | World cup | 1980 | Hong Kong | HKG | 10 |
literature
- Mihaly Kozak: The world champion's hair grows back , DTS magazine , 1976/17 pp. 14-16
Individual evidence
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1985/7 p. 23
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1997/1 p. 28
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1999/4 p. 11
- ↑ ITTF statistics ( Memento of the original from March 3, 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 September 7, 2011)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gergely, Gábor |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian table tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1953 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |