Robert Thum

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Robert Thum (born September 25, 1908 in Vienna ; † September 1980 ) was an Austrian table tennis player . In 1928 he became world champion in doubles.

Career

In the 1920s Robert Thum belonged to the Vienna Athletic Sports Club (WAC) . From 1928 to 1951 he took part in world championships six times . At the 1928 World Cup he was world champion in doubles with Alfred Liebster ahead of Charles Bull / Fred Perry from England . In 1930 they finished second when they lost the final against the Hungarian doubles Victor Barna / Miklós Szabados . Furthermore, Thum reached the final with the Austrian men's team in 1928. Also in 1929 he won silver in the team competition, in 1932 bronze. In 1928 he was ranked 10th in the ITTF world rankings .

After the Second World War , Robert Thum made a significant contribution to the rebuilding of the structures of Austrian table tennis.

Thum was married to Eugenie Prager (* 1910 in Vienna; † 1999). He lived in Vienna at least until 1947. He died in September 1980 and was buried in the Döbling cemetery.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
AUT World Championship 1951 Vienna AUT no participants Agony no participants
AUT World Championship 1933 to bathe AUT last 64 last 16 no participants
AUT World Championship 1932 Prague TCH last 32 last 64 last 32 3
AUT World Championship 1930 Berlin FRG last 16 silver last 16 4th
AUT World Championship 1929 Budapest HUN Quarter finals last 16 last 32 2
AUT World Championship 1928 Stockholm SWE last 64 gold Quarter finals 2

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Information from the Vienna City and State Archives, OTRS ticket
  2. ↑ a b c Search for the deceased at friedhoefewien.at
  3. ↑ The Table Tennis Collector 59, February 2011, page 10 (accessed June 3, 2012) (PDF; 3.8 MB)
  4. ↑ Historical world rankings (accessed on June 3, 2012) (PDF; 148 kB)
  5. ↑ Chronicle of the Austrian Table Tennis Association , section "Reconstruction and Development" (accessed on June 3, 2012)
  6. ^ Robert Thum results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed June 3, 2012)
personal data
SURNAME Thum, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH September 1980