Tibor Házi

Tibor Házi (Hoffmann)

Tibor Házi and Magda Házi playing table tennis with Eddie Pinner and Alice O’Connor, photographed by Gjon Mili for Life magazine, March 3, 1941.
Personal information
Full name	Tibor Házi (Hoffmann)
Nationality	Hungary   United States
Born	(1912-02-09)9 February 1912
Died	18 February 1999(1999-02-18) (aged 87)
Medal record Men's table tennis Representing   Hungary World Championships 1938 Wembley Singles 1938 Wembley Team 1936 Prague Doubles 1936 Prague Team 1935 Wembley Team 1934 Paris Singles 1934 Paris Doubles 1934 Paris Team 1932 Prague Doubles

Tibor Házi born Tibor Hoffmann, ^[1] (February 9, 1912 – February 18, 1999), was a male international table tennis player from Hungary. ^[2]

Sports career

He won nine medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships from the 1932 World Table Tennis Championships to 1938 World Table Tennis Championships. ^[3]

The nine medals included three team gold medals. ^{[4] [5] [3]} After settling in the United States he continued to play for thirty years.

Personal life

He was born as Tibor Hoffmann in 1912 but as Hungarian society became anti-Semitic he changed his name to Házi. ^[6]

He married her fellow international player Magda Gál in 1937 and in 1939 they fled to the United States because of their Jewish origins and they settled in Bethesda, Maryland. Gál died in 1990 aged 83 and Házi died in 1999. ^[6]

See also

• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

1. "Tibor Hazi Hoffman and Magda Gal". YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
2. "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
3. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
4. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN   0-316-72645-1.
5. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312 . Guinness Superlatives. ISBN   0-85112-492-5.
6. "Hall of Fame". Team USA. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015.