Gabriella Szabó (table tennis player)

Gabriella Szabó [ ˈɡɒbriɛlːɒ ˈsɒboː ] (born December 13, 1959 ) is a Hungarian table tennis player . In the 1970s and 1980s she achieved many national and international successes.

National successes

Szabó played in the club Statisztika Budapest , with which she was Hungarian team champion 12 times without interruption from 1973 to 1984. She won the Hungarian championships in 1976 in women's doubles (with Judit Magos ) as well as in mixed games in 1977 and 1978 with Tibor Klampár and in 1982 with István Jónyer . She also won the TOP10 ranking tournament in 1982.

International success

Szabó took part in the European Youth Championships four times. In 1974 she won the individual title in Göppingen. In 1975 she won the mixed title with Janos Molnar and took second place in 1974 and 1977. She won with the Hungarian team in 1977.

Between 1976 and 1984 she was at all five European championships . She achieved her greatest successes with the Hungarian women's team, which won the title in 1978 and 1982 and advanced to the final in 1980. In 1978 she also took second place in doubles and mixed. She won the Europe TOP-12 in 1979 and was third in 1980.

Participation in the World Championships in 1977 , 1979 and 1983 did not bring any top ranks, only in 1979 she came in the last eight in singles, doubles and mixed.

Private

Szabó was married to the table tennis international and Hungarian champion from 1966 Sándor Harangi since 1979 . In 1985 she got her second marriage with the wrestler Ferenc Kocsis .

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
HUN	European Championship	1984	Moscow	URS	Semifinals	Semifinals
HUN	European Championship	1982	Budapest	HUN	last 16	Semifinals		1
HUN	European Championship	1980	Bern	SUI	Quarter finals		Semifinals	2
HUN	European Championship	1978	Duisburg	FRG	Semifinals	silver	silver	1
HUN	European Championship	1976	Prague	TCH	last 16
HUN	European Youth Championship (Cadets)	1974	Goeppingen	FRG	gold
HUN	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1977	Vichy	FRA			silver	1
HUN	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1976	Mödling	AUT	Semifinals
HUN	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1975	Zagreb	YUG			gold
HUN	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1974	Goeppingen	FRG			silver
HUN	EURO TOP12	1985	Barcelona	ESP	12
HUN	EURO TOP12	1984	Bratislava	TCH	9
HUN	EURO TOP12	1983	Cleveland	CLOSELY	6th
HUN	EURO TOP12	1982	Nantes	FRA	11
HUN	EURO TOP12	1980	Munich	FRG	3
HUN	EURO TOP12	1979	Kristianstad	SWE	1
HUN	EURO TOP12	1978	Prague	TCH	5
HUN	EURO TOP12	1977	Sarajevo	YUG	10
HUN	World Championship	1983	Tokyo	JPN	last 32	last 16	last 16	9
HUN	World Championship	1979	Pyongyang	PRK	Quarter finals	Quarter finals	Quarter finals	5
HUN	World Championship	1977	Birmingham	CLOSELY	last 16	last 32	last 64	5

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Magazine DTS , 1982/24 edition south-west side 37
2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1985/9 page 34
3. ↑ ITTF statistics ( memento from January 27, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on April 4, 2019)