Richard Bergmann was an Austrian and British international table tennis player. Winner of seven World Championships, including four Singles, one Men's Doubles, two Team's titles and 22 medals in total. He is considered to be one of the greatest players in history, only Viktor Barna has won more World Championship gold medals in singles.
The World Table Tennis Championships are table tennis competitions sanctioned by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The World Championships have been held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Five individual events, which include men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's double and mixed doubles, are currently held in odd numbered years. The World Team Table Tennis Championships, which include men's team and women's team events, were first their own competition in 2000. The Team Championships are held in even numbered years.
John Alfred Leach MBE was a British table tennis player, coach, and author. He began competing at a relatively old age, 17, before serving in World War II. During the war, he greatly elevated his game and, in 1946, achieved a world ranking. In 1949, Leach became Great Britain's second World Champion singles player. After winning the title, he achieved widespread fame within the United Kingdom, appearing on television and writing for News of the World. Two years later, Leach added a second singles title. In 1953, he was part of the team that won Great Britain's first, and as of 2014 only, team World Championship. He also won 13 bronze and silver World championship medals between 1947 and 1955. As of 2014, Leach is just one of 11 players from any country to win two singles championships.
Shigeo Itoh is a male former table tennis player from Japan.
István Jónyer is a male former international table tennis player from Hungary.
Mitsuru Kohno is a former international table tennis player from Japan.
Toshiaki Tanaka was a Japanese international table tennis player.
Xi Enting was a male table tennis player from China.
Seiji Ono is a former international table tennis player from Japan.
Ferenc Soos is a male former international table tennis player from Hungary.
Huang Liang was a male Chinese international table tennis player.
István Boros was a male Hungarian international table tennis player.
Hans Hartinger was a male Austrian international table tennis player.
Václav Tereba (1918-1990), was a Czechoslovak international table tennis player.
René Roothooft is a former male French international table tennis player.
Heinz Schneider was a male East German international table tennis player.
Kenji Kasai is a former male Japanese international table tennis player.
Eric John Filby (1917-2004) was a male English international table tennis and lawn tennis player.
Michel Haguenauer (1916-2000), was a male French international table tennis player.
Eliška Fürstová, is a female former international table tennis player from Czechoslovakia.
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