Liana Mihuț

Liana Mihuț ( IPA pronunciation : / miˈhut͡s /; * 1958) is a Romanian former table tennis player who became European double champion in 1978.

Career

Liana Mihuț achieved her first international successes at the European Youth Championships in 1974 and 1976, where she won silver in doubles with Ligia Lupu (1974) and Swede Eva Strömvall (1976).

She achieved numerous successes in the adult division in doubles with her standard partner Maria Alexandru . So she won the Romanian national championships in doubles in 1976, 1977 and 1978 with Alexandru, 1979 and 1980 with Éva Ferenczi . In 1977 she became the Romanian individual champion. At the Balkan Championships in 1975 she first reached the final with Lidia Zaharia, with Alexandru she won in 1976 and 1978, in 1977 she was second. Four times in a row, starting in 1976, she was part of the victorious Romanian women's team.

In her three-time participation in world championships ( 1977 , 1979 , 1983 ) she did not come close to medals. She was more successful at the European Championships . Here she became European doubles champion with Alexandru in 1978 by defeating the Hungarians Judit Magos / Gabriella Szabó in the final. In 1980 they were unable to defend the title. They lost in the final against Valentina Popowa / Narine Antonyan (URS) and came second.

In the late 1970s, Liana Mihuț took the name of her foster parents and then performed under the name Liana Macean . A few years later she married and was then called Liana Urzică .

After 1980 it no longer appeared internationally.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
ROU	Balkan Championship	1979	Athens	GRE				1
ROU	Balkan Championship	1978	Nis	YUG		gold		1
ROU	Balkan Championship	1977	Brasov	ROU		silver		1
ROU	Balkan Championship	1976	Samsun	DOOR	Semifinals	gold		1
ROU	Balkan Championship	1975	Sofia	BUL		silver
ROU	European Championship	1980	Bern	SUI		silver
ROU	European Championship	1978	Duisburg	FRG		gold
ROU	European Championship	1976	Prague	TCH	Quarter finals
ROU	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1976	Modling	AUT		silver
ROU	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1974	Gopping	FRG		silver
ROU	World Championship	1983	Tokyo	JPN	last 128	last 64	last 32	11
ROU	World Championship	1979	Pyongyang	PRK	last 64	last 64	last 64	10
ROU	World Championship	1977	Birmingham	CLOSELY	last 64	last 32	last 64	13

Individual evidence

1. ↑ page 23 (accessed on May 6, 2015).
2. ↑ European Youth Championships (accessed on January 7, 2016).
3. ↑ Romanian championships in women's doubles ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2008 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 October 28, 2011). 
4. ↑ Romanian Championships in women's singles ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2008 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 October 28, 2011). 
5. ↑ DTS magazine , 1980/8 page 14.
6. ^ Liana Mihuț results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed October 28, 2011).