Lívia Mossóczy

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Lívia Mossóczy - also Olívia Mossóczy - (born May 9, 1936 in Budapest ; † August 18, 2017 ) was a Hungarian table tennis player . She was European champion with the team and world champion in doubles in the 1950s.

Career

In 1955 Lívia Mossóczy won the girls' singles title at the European Youth Championships.

At the Hungarian National Championships in 1957 and 1959, she won the doubles title with Éva Kóczián . In 1967 she became Hungarian team champion with the Ferencvárosi Torna Club .

She took part in world championships twice. With the Hungarian women's team, she was fourth in 1957 and 1959 . In 1957 she won the gold medal in doubles with Agnes Simon . She was represented at the 1958 European Championship for adults . Here she reached the final with Éva Kóczián , which she lost against the Romanians Angelica Rozeanu / Ella Zeller . In singles and in mixed matches with Elemér Gyetvai , Mossóczy made it to the semi-finals. At the next European Championship in 1960 she was European champion with the Hungarian women's team.

In the ITTF world rankings she was 10th in 1957.

Private

Lívia Mossóczy is married and has been called Banhegyi since then .

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
HUN  European Championship  1960  Zagreb  YUG     Quarter finals    1
HUN  European Championship  1958  Budapest  HUN   Semifinals  silver  Semifinals   
HUN  European Youth Championship (Juniors)  1955  Ruit-Stuttgart  FRG   gold       
HUN  World Championship  1959  Dortmund  FRG   last 32  last 16  last 16  4th 
HUN  World Championship  1957  Stockholm  SWE   Quarter finals  gold  last 16  4th 

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gyász: elhunyt a Fradi korábbi világ- és Európa-bajnoka
  2. ↑ Tischtennis Magazin, official organ of the Lower Saxony Table Tennis Association 2006/4 p. 21 + European Youth Championships , accessed on January 7, 2016.
  3. ↑ Historical world rankings ( memento of March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 16, 2011; PDF; 148 kB).
  4. ↑ DTS , 1965/6 p. 4
  5. ^ Lívia Mossóczy Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 3, 2011).
personal data
SURNAME Mossóczy, Lívia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mossóczy, Olívia; Banhegyi, Lívia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH 18th August 2017