Tibor Kreisz
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Tibor Kreisz (born April 16, 1958 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian table tennis player . He took part in three world championships and two European championships and won four medals.
Career
Tibor Kreisz started playing table tennis when he was twelve. At first he tried his hand at attacking, but coach László Pigniczki retrained him as a defender. As early as 1995 he was the Hungarian team champion with the men's team of Spartacus Budapest . In 1976 he joined Postas Budapest .
In 1978 he was nominated for the European Championship . Here he reached the semi-finals in the singles, with the Hungarian team he became European champion. A year later he became world champion in the team competition . At the 1981 World Cup he reached the final with the team. In 1987 he took part in a World Cup for the last time and remained without winning a medal.
In mid-1978 he was ranked 13th in the ITTF world rankings .
From the mid-1980s he played in Dutch and Belgian clubs, in 1989 he became Belgian team champion.
In 2001 Tibor Kreisz was injured so badly in a car accident that he had to end his career as a competitive athlete.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Results from the ITTF database ( memento of the original from April 15, 2017 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 April 14, 2017)
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1977/22, issue Süd-West, page 12
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1976/12, page 16
- ↑ ITTF world rankings from 1947 to 2001 (accessed on April 14, 2012)
- ↑ a b Kreisz Tibor (1958) (Hungarian) (accessed April 14, 2017)
Web links
- Portrait (Hungarian) (accessed April 14, 2017)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kreisz, Tibor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |