Tibor Klampár
Tibor Klampár [ ˈtibor ˈklɒmpaːr ] (born April 30, 1953 ) is a former Hungarian table tennis player . In the 1970s he was one of the best players in the world. He is a two-time world champion. In table tennis circles, Klampár is generally regarded as the inventor of the special technique of speed gluing .
National successes
Between 1969 and 1985 Klampár was Hungarian champion 25 times, namely 9 times in singles, 11 times in doubles and 5 times in mixed. During this time he played for the Spartacus Budapest club .
International success
In 1966 Klampár was European Schoolchildren Champion. At world championships he won gold medals twice, in doubles with István Jónyer in 1971 and with the Hungarian team in 1979 . With Jónyer he was vice world champion in doubles in 1973 and 1979, and in 1981 he won silver with the team.
In 1978 and 1982 he was European team champion with Hungary, in 1974 with Jónyer European champion in doubles. In 1981 he won the Europe TOP-12 tournament .
Because of repeated undisciplined behavior, Klampar was temporarily banned several times:
- In 1974 he was expelled from the Hungarian national team.
- When he left his team illegally in Germany in 1982, he was banned from his club Spartacus Budapest for six months (this ban was later reduced to three months).
End of the career
From the mid-1980s Klampár played with various Austrian clubs in the State League A: 1985 to 1988 with UTTC Römerquelle Langenlois, 1988 to 1998 with Union Wolkersdorf and 1999 (source: Kleine Zeitung Kärnten of September 12, 1999, page 50, middle, box with the title "Lavamünd got point") and 2001 at Lavamünd. In 1988 he surprised with a comeback when he finished fourth in the individual at the Olympic Games .
Private
Klampár has a brother (József), he is married. He has a son named Tibor and a daughter Ildiko. His nephew Andras Podpinka is a strong Belgian international.
In 2005 his son competed in the German Bayern League with Bad Höhenstadt.
Results from the ITTF database
Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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HUN | European Championship | 1986 | Prague | TCH | last 16 | |||
HUN | European Championship | 1984 | Moscow | URS | Quarter finals | |||
HUN | European Championship | 1982 | Budapest | HUN | Semifinals | 1 | ||
HUN | European Championship | 1980 | Bern | SUI | last 16 | Semifinals | Quarter finals | |
HUN | European Championship | 1978 | Duisburg | FRG | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | silver | 1 |
HUN | European Championship | 1974 | Novi Sad | YUG | Quarter finals | gold | 2 | |
HUN | European Championship | 1970 | Moscow | URS | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
HUN | European Youth Championship (Cadets) | 1966 | Szombathely | HUN | gold | |||
HUN | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 1970 | Teeside | CLOSELY | Semifinals | gold | ||
HUN | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 1968 | Leningrad | URS | silver | |||
HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1987 | Basel | SUI | 8th | |||
HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1986 | Sodertalje | SWE | 9 | |||
HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1981 | Miskolc | HUN | 1 | |||
HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1974 | Trollhatten | SWE | 4th | |||
HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1973 | Boeblingen | FRG | 8th | |||
HUN | EURO TOP12 | 1972 | Zagreb | YUG | 6th | |||
HUN | Olympic games | 1988 | Seoul | COR | 4th | immediately excluded | ||
HUN | World Championship | 1989 | Dortmund | FRG | Quarter finals | last 16 | no participants | 10 |
HUN | World Championship | 1987 | New Delhi | IND | last 64 | last 64 | no participants | 10 |
HUN | World Championship | 1985 | Gothenburg | SWE | last 64 | Quarter finals | no participants | 13 |
HUN | World Championship | 1981 | Novi Sad | YUG | Quarter finals | last 16 | Scratched | 2 |
HUN | World Championship | 1979 | Pyongyang | PRK | last 16 | silver | last 64 | 1 |
HUN | World Championship | 1977 | Birmingham | CLOSELY | Quarter finals | last 16 | last 64 | 4th |
HUN | World Championship | 1973 | Sarajevo | YUG | last 64 | silver | last 32 | 7th |
HUN | World Championship | 1971 | Nagoya | JPN | Quarter finals | gold | last 32 | 5 |
HUN | World Championship | 1969 | Munich | FRG | last 128 | last 32 | last 32 | 9 |
HUN | World cup | 1987 | Macau | CHN | 12 | |||
HUN | World cup | 1981 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | gold | |||
HUN | World cup | 1980 | Hong Kong | HKG | 7th |
literature
- Mihály Kozák: The enfant terrible experienced its third spring in Seoul: Tibor Klampár , DTS magazine , 1989/1 pp. 36–38
- Mihály Kozák: Tibor Klampár would like to "prove" in Birmingham ... , DTS magazine , 1977/4 issue Süd-West pp. 20-21
Individual evidence
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1974/19 p. 21
- ↑ Exchange exchange 2006/07 ( Memento of the original of September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Tibor Klampár results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 10, 2011)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Klampár, Tibor |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian table tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1953 |