Gábor Gergely

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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

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
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

  1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1985/7 p. 23
  2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1997/1 p. 28
  3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1999/4 p. 11
  4. ↑ 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)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ittf.com
personal data
SURNAME Gergely, Gábor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest