Gertrude Wildam

Gertrude Wildam (* unknown), mostly known as Trude Wildam in Austria , is a former Austrian table tennis player . Before the Second World War she was one of the strongest players in the world.

Wildam belonged to the Vindobona association. From 1924 to 1935 she won the Austrian championship ten times . She represented Austria seven times at world championships , the first time in 1926 and the last time in 1937. In 1929 she won silver in singles and doubles. In singles she lost the final against the Hungarian Mária Mednyánszky , in doubles she and Fanchette Flamm lost to the Germans Erika Metzger / Mona Rüster . In mixed she reached the semi-finals together with Alfred Liebster , which she had already reached in 1926 alongside Eduard Freudenheim . In 1930 she made it to the semi-finals again in singles and doubles (with Helly Reitzer).

At times, Wildam was ranked number 1 in the ITTF world rankings .

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
AUT	World Championship	1937	to bathe	AUT	last 64	Quarter finals	last 32	4th
AUT	World Championship	1936	Prague	TCH	last 16	last 16	last 32	4th
AUT	World Championship	1933	to bathe	AUT	Quarter finals	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
AUT	World Championship	1932	Prague	TCH	Quarter finals	Quarter finals	last 32
AUT	World Championship	1930	Berlin	FRG	Semifinals	Semifinals	last 16
AUT	World Championship	1929	Budapest	HUN	silver	silver	Semifinals
AUT	World Championship	1926	London	CLOSELY	Quarter finals		Semifinals

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chronicle of the Austrian TT Association (accessed on January 17, 2016)
2. ^ Gertrude Wildam results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 17, 2011)