Giuseppe Molina

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Giuseppe Molina ( 1931 - November 3, 2014 ) was an Italian table tennis player . In the 1950s and 1960s he took part in seven world championships and one European championship .

successes

Giuseppe Molina started playing table tennis at the age of 17. He was a defender, but was also able to counter with attacking strokes (similar to Eberhard Schöler ). He won the Italian national championship in singles in 1951, 1962 and 1963.

He was called up to the national team a total of 68 times. From 1951 to 1965 he took part in seven world championships , but never came close to medal ranks.

In 1969 he ended his career as a competitive athlete. In 1981 he worked as a manager at the Molina e Bianchi association in Vigevano .

Professionally, Giuseppe Molina worked in the shoe industry, where he developed and sold machines for shoe production.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
ITA World Championship 1965 Ljubljana YUG no participants no participants no participants 41
ITA World Championship 1963 Prague TCH no participants no participants no participants 33
ITA World Championship 1959 Dortmund FRG last 256 Scratched no participants 29
ITA World Championship 1957 Stockholm SWE last 128 last 32 last 128 23
ITA World Championship 1955 Utrecht NED last 64 last 128 last 64 17th
ITA World Championship 1954 Wembley CLOSELY Agony last 64 no participants 25th
ITA World Championship 1951 Vienna AUT last 128 last 64 last 32 19th

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Homepage Molina e Bianchi (Italian) (accessed May 5, 2015)
  2. ↑ Giuseppe Molina Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on May 5, 2015)

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personal data
SURNAME Molina, Giuseppe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH 1931
DATE OF DEATH 3rd November 2014