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.
Rong Guotuan was a Chinese table tennis player. He won the men's singles title at the 1959 World Table Tennis Championships in Dortmund, the first world championship winner representing the People's Republic of China. During the Cultural Revolution, Rong was persecuted as a "spy suspect". He committed suicide on June 20, 1968.
Shigeo Itoh is a male former table tennis player from Japan.
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.
Yoshio Tomita is a male former international table tennis player from Japan.
Nobuya Hoshino was an international table tennis player from Japan.
The 1959 World Table Tennis Championships women's singles was the 25th edition of the women's singles championship. Kimiyo Matsuzaki defeated Fujie Eguchi in the final by three sets to one, to win the title.
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.
Guy Amouretti (1925-2011), was a male French 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.
Kenji Kasai is a former male Japanese international table tennis player.
Seiji Narita is a former international table tennis player from Japan.
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