Kálmán Szepesi

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Kálmán Szepesi (born January 13, 1930 in Ózd ; † September 29, 1992 ) was a Hungarian and later Swedish table tennis player . He took part in world championships six times in the 1950s , winning five medals.

Career

Boros won a title six times at the national Hungarian championships: From 1951 to 1954 with the teams of Szot I, Budapest I, Szot II and Budapest Vörös Meteor SK, in 1955 in a mixed with Éva Kóczián and in 1956 in doubles with Elemér Gyetvai .

Kálmán Szepesi competed for Hungary at world championships five times, namely in 1950 , 1951 , 1952 , 1953 and 1955 . He won two titles, in 1952 with the team and in 1955 in mixed with Éva Kóczián . There are also silver medals in 1951 and 1953 and a bronze medal in the team competition in 1955. In the world rankings he was 10th in 1956.

In 1957 Kálmán Szepesi emigrated to Sweden and competed under its flag at the 1957 World Cup . He lived in Stockholm and worked as an insurance broker until his death in 1992.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
SWE World Championship 1957 Stockholm SWE last 64 last 128 no participants
HUN World Championship 1955 Utrecht NED last 16 last 16 gold bronze
HUN World Championship 1953 Bucharest ROU last 16 last 32 last 16 silver
HUN World Championship 1952 Bombay IND last 32 last 16 last 32 gold
HUN World Championship 1951 Vienna AUT last 32 last 16 last 16 silver
HUN World Championship 1950 Budapest HUN last 128 Quarter finals last 64

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Year of birth 1930 + Gravar.se
  2. ↑ a b pages 125-126
  3. ↑ Hungarian championships in team competitions ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2016 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 December 13, 2018) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / old.moatsz.hu
  4. ↑ Hungarian Championships in the Individual Competitions (accessed December 13, 2018)
  5. ↑ Table Tennis, February 1957, page 3 (accessed December 13, 2018)
  6. ^ Table Tennis magazine, February 1957, page 9 (accessed December 13, 2018)
  7. ↑ ITTF database (accessed December 13, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Szepesi, Kálmán
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Szepesi, Kalman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Ózd
DATE OF DEATH 29th September 1992