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Nationality | France |
Born | 27 February 1925 |
Died | 15 June 2011 86) | (aged
Guy Amouretti (1925-2011), was a male French international table tennis player. [1]
He won a bronze medal at the 1947 World Table Tennis Championships in the men's team event and the following year won a silver medal and another bronze at the 1948 World Table Tennis Championships in the men's team event and men's singles respectively. [2] [3]
In 1952 he won a bronze at the 1952 World Table Tennis Championships in the men's singles and the following year collected his fifth world championship medal after winning a bronze at the 1953 World Table Tennis Championships in the men's team event.
He was seven times champion of France in the singles, in 1944, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957 and 1959. He died in 2011. [4]
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