Judit Magos

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Judit Magos (born February 19, 1951 in Budapest - † October 18, 2018 ) was a Hungarian table tennis player . She was a six-time European champion.

Career

Magos started playing table tennis at the age of 10 after watching a Japanese national team in Budapest. Based on this model, she chose the penholder grip . She joined the Statisztika Budapest association . She was trained and promoted here by Laszlo Ormai and his wife. Because of her talent, she was further promoted in cadres, here she worked with the trainer Zoltán Berczik .

National successes

In 1971 and 1972 she became the Hungarian individual champion. She won the double competition in 1969 (with Eszter Juhos), 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975 (each with Henriette Lotaller ) and 1977 (with Gabriella Szabó ). She won the mixed competition five times: 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975 (each with István Jónyer ) and 1980 (with Tibor Klampár ).

With the team of Statisztika Budapest SC, she won the Hungarian championship 15 times in a row from 1969 to 1984, and the European Cup was won 13 times .

European and world championships

In 1974 Magos won the European Championship in Novi Sad . She repeated this success in 1978 in Duisburg. In 1972 and 1974 she was double champion with Henriette Lotaller . In 1972 and 1978 she won the team championship with Hungary.

From 1969 to 1979 she took part in 6 world championships . In 1983 she resigned from the Hungarian national team after 234 appearances.

Game in Germany

In the 1984/85 season Magos played at ATSV Saarbrücken . With this team she won the German championship in 1985 and was German cup winner. In 1985 she returned to Hungary and joined the ESMZK Budapest club, two years later she moved to the German club DJK Elversberg where she ended her active career at the end of the 1989/90 season.

Leaderboards

In 1979 she was ranked 6-7 in the world and number 1 in the European rankings. Curiously, she was only second in the Hungarian ranking this year behind Zsuzsa Oláh .

Private

Magos was married to the 20 years older ballet dancer at the Hungarian State Opera Ferencz Havas. In November 1975 a daughter was born. In 1988 she married the German table tennis player Peter Engel , who is currently (as of October 2018) working in the Centro de Alto Rendimiento in Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona).

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
HUN  European Championship  1982  Budapest  HUN   Quarter finals  Semifinals     
HUN  European Championship  1980  Bern  SUI   Quarter finals    Quarter finals  2
HUN  European Championship  1978  Duisburg  FRG   gold  silver    1
HUN  European Championship  1974  Novi Sad  YUG   gold  gold  Quarter finals  2
HUN  European Championship  1972  Rotterdam  NED   Quarter finals  gold  Semifinals  1
HUN  EURO TOP12  1982  Nantes  FRA   8th       
HUN  EURO TOP12  1981  Miskolc  HUN   4th       
HUN  EURO TOP12  1980  Munich  FRG   10       
HUN  EURO TOP12  1979  Kristianstad  SWE   7th       
HUN  EURO TOP12  1978  Prague  TCH   8th       
HUN  EURO TOP12  1977  Sarajevo  YUG   6th       
HUN  EURO TOP12  1976  Lübeck  FRG   10       
HUN  EURO TOP12  1975  Vienna  AUT   8th       
HUN  EURO TOP12  1974  Trollhatten  SWE   3      
HUN  EURO TOP12  1973  Boeblingen  FRG   2      
HUN  World Championship  1983  Tokyo  JPN   last 32  last 64  last 32  9 
HUN  World Championship  1981  Novi Sad  YUG   last 32  last 16  Scratched  7th 
HUN  World Championship  1979  Pyongyang  PRK   last 16  Quarter finals  last 64  5 
HUN  World Championship  1977  Birmingham  CLOSELY   last 64  last 32  Quarter finals  5 
HUN  World Championship  1975  Calcutta  IND   last 64  last 32  last 16  4th 
HUN  World Championship  1973  Sarajevo  YUG   last 32  Quarter finals  last 16  4th 
HUN  World Championship  1971  Nagoya  JPN   last 32  last 32  last 32  9 
HUN  World Championship  1969  Munich  FRG   last 32  last 32  last 64  12 

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hall of Fame (accessed February 5, 2016)
  2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1984/9 p. 18
  3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1986/3 p. 19
  4. ↑ DTS magazine , 1987/6 p. 13
  5. ↑ DTS magazine , 1990/9 p. 20
  6. ↑ DTS magazine , 1978/7 p. 10
  7. ↑ DTS magazine , 1976/2 p. 18
  8. ^ Judit Magos results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 12, 2011)

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personal data
SURNAME Magos, Judit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH 19th February 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 2018