Mária Mednyánszky

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Mária Mednyánszky [ ˈmaːriɒ ˈmɛdɲaːnski ] (* 1901 , † December 22, 1979 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian table tennis player .

Life

Mednyánszky became the first table tennis world champion in 1926. She came from a wealthy family; this enabled her to participate in the World Cup. At the following four world championships she defended the title each time. In total, she won 28 medals at ten world championships, including 18 gold.

In a curious way, she almost missed her first world title. She was wrongly informed about the start of her first round match. She attended a soccer game with a friend and was actually late for the match, but the organizers allowed her to make up for the match. After that, she won all the games and became the world champion.

In 1976, the President of the Hungarian Table Tennis Association György Lakatos presented her with the highest award of the Hungarian state at the time, the Gold Medal of Sports Merit of the Hungarian People's Republic .

Mária Mednyánszky was married to the bank clerk Jenő Klucsik, who, like her, played in the club MTK ( Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre ). Her son Laszlo Kluksic wrote a book about Mária Mednyánszky in Hungary.

successes

  • International championships
    • 1928 in Berlin (GER) - 1st place singles, 2nd place mixed with Zoltán Mechlovits
    • 1930 in Hanover (GER) - 1st place singles, 1st place mixed with Miklós Szabados
    • 1932 in Wiesbaden (GER) - 1st place singles, 1st place doubles with Lehfeldt (GER), 1st place mixed with Miklós Szabados
    • 1932 in England - 1st place singles, 1st place doubles (with Martin)

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
HUN  World Championship  1937  to bathe  AUT   last 32  last 16  last 16   
HUN  World Championship  1936  Prague  TCH   last 16  Semifinals  silver  5 
HUN  World Championship  1935  Wembley  CLOSELY   last 16  gold  Semifinals  2
HUN  World Championship  1934  Paris  FRA   last 16  gold  gold  2
HUN  World Championship  1933  to bathe  AUT   silver  gold  gold   
HUN  World Championship  1932  Prague  TCH   silver  gold  silver   
HUN  World Championship  1931  Budapest  HUN   gold  gold  gold   
HUN  World Championship  1930  Berlin  GER gold  gold  gold   
HUN  World Championship  1929  Budapest  HUN   gold  Semifinals  Semifinals   
HUN  World Championship  1928  Stockholm  SWE   gold  gold  gold   
HUN  World Championship  1926  London  CLOSELY   gold    gold   

literature

  • Mihaly Kozak: High distinction for Mária Mednyánszky , DTS magazine , 1977/2 pages 14-15

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.pingpongbuch.de/worldchampionship/chronology/01-WM.html
  2. ↑ The Table Tennis Collector 49 p. 3 ( PDF )
  3. ↑ Mária Mednyánszky Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 12, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Mednyánszky, Mária
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH 1901
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1979
Place of death Budapest