Tibor Házi

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Tibor Házi (born February 9, 1912 , † 1999 ) was a Hungarian table tennis player who was three times team world champion.

Career

Tibor Házi was born with the name Tibor Hoffman , but because of the anti-Semitic mood in Hungary in the interwar period, some Jewish Hungarian players Magyarized their German-sounding surnames. Therefore he changed his name to Tibor Házi .

From 1931 to 1938 he was nominated by the Hungarian Association for all eight world championships . In 1937 he married the Hungarian national table tennis player Magda Gál . In March 1939 the couple emigrated to the United States because they feared problems in Europe because of their Jewish origins. On a tour through several American cities, they showed their skills in exhibition fights. They became American citizens in November 1941. Even after the Second World War , they did not return to Hungary. They lived in Bethesda, Maryland .

In 1954, Tibor Házi took part in a world championship again under the American flag.

Sporting successes

At the National Hungarian Championships Tibor Házi won the title in doubles with Miklós Szabados in 1934 and 1935 and in singles in 1935. From 1933 to 1936 and again in 1938 he was a total of five Hungarian team champions with the Duna Sport Club.

At the World Championships in 1934 , 1935 and 1938 he won gold with Hungary. He also reached 19343 in doubles with Sándor Glancz , which was lost to Victor Barna / Miklós Szabados . He was in the semifinals five times.

In the ITTF world rankings he was ranked tenth in 1938.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
United States World Championship 1954 Wembley CLOSELY last 128 last 128 last 16 4th
HUN World Championship 1938 Wembley CLOSELY Semifinals Quarter finals last 32 1
HUN World Championship 1937 to bathe AUT Quarter finals last 32 no participants
HUN World Championship 1936 Prague TCH last 128 Semifinals no participants 3
HUN World Championship 1935 Wembley CLOSELY last 16 Quarter finals Quarter finals 1
HUN World Championship 1934 Paris FRA Semifinals silver Scratched 1
HUN World Championship 1933 to bathe AUT last 32 last 16 no participants
HUN World Championship 1932 Prague TCH Quarter finals Semifinals no participants
HUN World Championship 1931 Budapest HUN Agony Quarter finals no participants

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ (L1)
  2. ↑ a b Tim Boggan : History of US Table Tennis Vol 1 - Chapter XXXIII (2000) (accessed November 29, 2015)
  3. ↑ Tibor Frank: Patterns of Interwar Hungarian Immigration to the United States (2003) (accessed on September 28, 2011; PDF; 1.8 MB)
  4. ↑ Tim Boggan : History of US Table Tennis Vol II - Chapter VIII (accessed November 29, 2015)
  5. ↑ Center Jewish History (free registration required) (accessed September 28, 2011)
  6. ↑ World rankings from 1928 to 1986 (accessed on September 29, 2011; PDF; 148 kB)
  7. ^ Tibor Házi results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 29, 2011)

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personal data
SURNAME Házi, Tibor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hoffman, Tibor (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1912
DATE OF DEATH 1999