Istvan Boros

István Boros [ ˈiʃtvaːn ˈboroʃ ] (* 1908 or 1909; † 1994 ) was a Hungarian table tennis player . He became team world champion with Hungary in 1933.

At the national Hungarian championships Boros won a title three times: in 1933 in doubles with Béla Nyitrai and in mixed with Mária Mednyánszky and in 1938 in doubles with Victor Barna .

Before the Second World War, Boros took part in nine world championships for Hungary from 1929 . In 1933 he won the gold medal with the Hungarian team.

After the war he emigrated to England, under whose flag he took part in his tenth World Cup in 1949 .

Boros was honorary president of the Swaythling Club International . Most recently he lived in London.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
CLOSELY	World Championship	1949	Stockholm	SWE	last 128	last 32	no participants
HUN	World Championship	1938	Wembley	CLOSELY	last 64	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
HUN	World Championship	1937	to bathe	AUT	Agony	last 32	Quarter finals
HUN	World Championship	1936	Prague	TCH	last 16	Quarter finals	last 32
HUN	World Championship	1934	Paris	FRA	last 16	Semifinals	no participants
HUN	World Championship	1933	to bathe	AUT	last 16	last 16	last 32	1
HUN	World Championship	1932	Prague	TCH	Semifinals	Semifinals	no participants
HUN	World Championship	1931	Budapest	HUN	last 16	Quarter finals	no participants
HUN	World Championship	1930	Berlin	FRG	last 16	last 16	Quarter finals
HUN	World Championship	1929	Budapest	HUN	last 32	no participants	no participants

Individual evidence

1. ↑ according to the journal DTS , 1994/3, p. 54, Boros died in 1994 at the age of 85.
2. ↑ ITTF statistics ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 4, 2011)