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Bohumil Váňa

Bohumil Váňa (17 January 1920 in Prague – 4 November 1989 in Prague) was a male international table tennis player from Czechoslovakia.[1]

Bohumil Váňa
Personal information
Full nameBohumil Váňa
Nationality Czechoslovakia
Born(1920-01-17)17 January 1920
Died4 November 1989(1989-11-04) (aged 69)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Czechoslovakia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1955 Utrecht Team
Bronze medal – third place 1953 Bucharest Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1953 Bucharest Team
Gold medal – first place 1951 Vienna Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1951 Vienna Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1951 Vienna Team
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Budapest Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1950 Budapest Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1950 Budapest Team
Silver medal – second place 1949 Stockholm Singles
Silver medal – second place 1949 Stockholm Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1949 Stockholm Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1949 Stockholm Team
Silver medal – second place 1948 Wembley Singles
Gold medal – first place 1948 Wembley Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1948 Wembley Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1948 Wembley Team
Gold medal – first place 1947 Paris Singles
Gold medal – first place 1947 Paris Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1947 Paris Team
Bronze medal – third place 1939 Cairo Singles
Gold medal – first place 1939 Cairo Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1939 Cairo Team
Gold medal – first place 1938 Wembley Singles
Silver medal – second place 1938 Wembley Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1938 Wembley Team
Gold medal – first place 1937 Baden Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1937 Baden Team
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Prague Team
Silver medal – second place 1935 Wembley Team

Table tennis career edit

From 1935 to 1955 he won an incredible 30 medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[2] This included 13 gold medals.[3][4][5][6][7] He also won five English Open titles.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Bohumil Váňa biography". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  3. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  4. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  5. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  6. ^ "Stats". ITTF.
  7. ^ "Champions". USATT. Archived from the original on 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
   

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