István Jónyer

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István Jónyer [ 'iʃtva: n' jo: ɲɛr ] (born August 4, 1950 in Miskolc , Hungary ) is a former Hungarian table tennis player and was one of the best table tennis players in the world in the 1970s.

Career

Jónyer was world champion in the individual in 1975. He defeated Antun Stipančić in the final after a 2-0 set deficit with 3-2. In doubles he won the world championship twice, and in 1979 he was team world champion with the Hungarian team. At the European Championships, he won gold once in doubles and twice gold with the team. Between 1967 and 1982 he took first place at national Hungarian championships a total of 25 times, namely six times in singles, 11 times in doubles and eight times in mixed. He played in the Budapesti Spartacus club, in the early 1980s he was a guest appearance in Italy for a year and then moved to the Austrian club UTTC Stockerau .

After 331 official internationals, Jónyer ended his international career in 1984. At the end of 1996 he was appointed Vice President of the Hungarian Table Tennis Association.

Jónyer has been married to Maria geb. Nemeth (who also played table tennis internationally, around 1972 with Ferencvarosi Budapest in the ETTU Cup ) and has two children (Istvan and Maria). In the 1990s he ran a sporting goods business with 20 employees. From 2007 he played for some time in the 1st team of SV Salamander Kornwestheim 1894 in the district league.

successes

  • Participation in Europe TOP-12
    • 1971 in Zadar: 1st place
    • 1972 in Zagreb: 4th place
    • 1973 in Böblingen: 9th place
    • 1974 in Trollhättan: 1st place
    • 1975 in Vienna: 3rd place
    • 1977 in Sarajevo: 4th place
    • 1978 in Prague: 5th place
    • 1979 in Kristianstad: 4th place
    • 1980 in Munich: 11th place
    • 1981 in Miskolc: 11th place
    • 1983 in Thornaby: 7th place
    • 1984 in Bratislava: 11th place
  • International championships
    • 1968 Wiesloch: 4th place doubles (with Mátyás Beleznay), 2nd place mixed (with Éva Kóczián)
    • 1972 Hagen: 2nd place doubles (with Tibor Klampár ), 3rd place mixed (with Judit Magos )
    • 1972 ČSSR Open: 2nd place individual
    • 1974 Munich: 4th place mixed (with Judit Magos ), 1st place with Hungary
    • 1974 ČSSR Open: 1st place individual
    • 1982 World Cup : 3rd place singles

societies

  • Budapesti Spartacus
  • TTC Modica (Sicily) (from 1983)
  • UTTC Stockerau (Austria) (from 1985)
  • SV Bonlanden (from 2005)
  • SV Salamander Kornwestheim 1894 (District League) (from 2006)

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
HUN  European Championship  1982  Budapest  HUN   Quarter finals  silver    1
HUN  European Championship  1980  Bern  SUI     Semifinals  Semifinals   
HUN  European Championship  1978  Duisburg  FRG   silver  Quarter finals    1
HUN  European Championship  1974  Novi Sad  YUG     gold  Quarter finals  2
HUN  European Championship  1972  Rotterdam  NED   silver  gold  Semifinals   
HUN  European Championship  1970  Moscow  URS   last 16  Semifinals  Quarter finals   
HUN  European Championship  1968  Lyon  FRA     Semifinals     
HUN  European Youth Championship (Juniors)  1968  Leningrad  URS     silver     
HUN  European Youth Championship (Juniors)  1967  Vejle  THE   Semifinals       
HUN  EURO TOP12  1984  Bratislava  TCH   11       
HUN  EURO TOP12  1983  Cleveland  CLOSELY   7th       
HUN  EURO TOP12  1981  Miskolc  HUN   11       
HUN  EURO TOP12  1980  Munich  FRG   11       
HUN  EURO TOP12  1979  Kristianstad  SWE   4th       
HUN  EURO TOP12  1978  Prague  TCH   5       
HUN  EURO TOP12  1977  Sarajevo  YUG   4th       
HUN  EURO TOP12  1975  Vienna  AUT   3      
HUN  EURO TOP12  1974  Trollhatten  SWE   1      
HUN  EURO TOP12  1973  Boeblingen  FRG   9       
HUN  EURO TOP12  1972  Zagreb  YUG   4th       
HUN  EURO TOP12  1971  Zadar  YUG   1      
HUN  World Championship  1983  Tokyo  JPN   last 16  Quarter finals  last 16  3
HUN  World Championship  1981  Novi Sad  YUG   last 16  last 16  no participants  2
HUN  World Championship  1979  Pyongyang  PRK   last 16  silver  Quarter finals  1
HUN  World Championship  1977  Birmingham  CLOSELY   last 32  last 16  no participants  4th 
HUN  World Championship  1975  Calcutta  IND   gold  gold  last 16  5 
HUN  World Championship  1973  Sarajevo  YUG   last 64  silver  last 16  7th 
HUN  World Championship  1971  Nagoya  JPN   last 16  gold  last 32  5 
HUN  World Championship  1969  Munich  FRG   last 16  last 16  last 64  9 
HUN  World Championship  1967  Stockholm  SWE   last 128  last 64  no participants  10 
HUN  World cup  1984  Kuala Lumpur  MAS   13       
HUN  World cup  1983  Barbados  0   5       
HUN  World cup  1982  Hong Kong  HKG   4th       
HUN  World cup  1981  Kuala Lumpur  MAS   8th       

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b DTS magazine , 1984/12 page 12
  2. ↑ a b DTS magazine , 1997/1 page 28
  3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1972/21 issue Süd-West, page 36
  4. ↑ DTS magazine , 1985/7 page 23
  5. ↑ ITTF statistics ( memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 9, 2011)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ittf.com

literature

  • Tobias Schall: A demigod in the province , table tennis magazine , 2007/2 pages 50–51
personal data
SURNAME Jónyer, István
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Miskolc ( Hungary )