Giuseppe Molina
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 |
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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
- ^ Homepage Molina e Bianchi (Italian) (accessed May 5, 2015)
- ↑ Giuseppe Molina Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on May 5, 2015)
Web links
- Zefferino Mancini: IN MEMORIAM - Giuseppe Molina in SCI-News No. 98, March 2015, page 28 (accessed on May 5, 2015)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Molina, Giuseppe |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian table tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1931 |
DATE OF DEATH | 3rd November 2014 |